150504 - All lines in generated table overwrite each other when style position:absolute

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[m1]

The above url illustrates a problem when viewing the AT&T online billing
web site.  I started with the AT&T html and stripped out the irrelevant stuff.
I don't know whether the problem is with the html code in AT&T's web page
or is a mozilla bug.  When the line:

    <STYLE type=text/css> .abs { POSITION: absolute } </STYLE>

is present in the html source, the two lines are written over each
other when viewed with mozilla 1.0.  See url:

    http://www.geocities.com/m1.rm/attjun02.html"

The first time I tried submitting this bug report, I don't think
it worked (since I can't find it) so I am trying again.

Comment 1

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Attachment: Testcase

Comment 2

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

URL and testcase looks equally bad in IE6 and NN4.x. When using 'position:absolute'
you need to specify 'left' and 'top' to avoid the overlap. See,
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html

-> INVALID

Comment 3

[Moied]

Verified invalid-