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[–] BleakBluets@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's so the position: absolute for .leaves works relative to .tree. The implication is that .leaves is a descendant of .tree.

position: absolute looks 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 the position: relative was missing, the leaves would be against the bottom edge of the image.

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edit: I mean .leaves, not .branch