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Why is
.tree's position relative?Needed for the
.leaves’ absolute positioning to be relative to the tree, and not relative to the universe.Damn, I thought you were going to take me out to dinner first
It's so the
position: absolutefor.leavesworks relative to.tree. The implication is that.leavesis a descendant of.tree.position: absolutelooks for the nearest ancestor with a set position in order to determine its own positioning context. Otherwise the absolute positioning would basically be relative to the viewport. If theposition: relativewas missing, the leaves would be against the bottom edge of the image.source
edit: I mean
.leaves, not.branch