Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “Why does an element with absolute "fall out" of the flow?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)**`position: absolute`** makes the browser stop accounting for the element in the flow-building algorithm: it does not participate in calculating the size and position of its neighbors, and no space is reserved for it. **Key point:** an element with `position: absolute` "falls out" of the flow because the browser excludes it from normal flow placement and treats it as an independent object positioned by coordinates.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)ImageBecause with `position: absolute` the browser **stops accounting for the element in the flow-building algorithm**. Document flow is a system in which elements affect each other through their size and position (as with `block`, `inline`, `relative`). But `absolute` turns this mechanism off. ## What happens technically 1. the element **does not participate in calculating the size and position of its neighbors**; 2. the browser **does not reserve space for it**: it is as if it does not exist in the overall flow; 3. its position is determined **only by coordinates (**`top`**,** `left`**,** `right`**,** `bottom`**)** and by the positioned ancestor. ## Result - neighboring elements behave as if this block does not exist; - the absolute element itself overlaps others, occupying only visual space. Summary: an element with `position: absolute` "falls out" of the flow because the browser excludes it from normal flow placement and treats it as an independent object positioned by coordinates.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.