<head> <style> #body { position: absolute; left: 250px; top: 50px; padding: 20px; <!-- was: background: #000 url(backgroundblur.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; --> background: #000; } p { font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Eurostile, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Test</p> <div id="body" style="border:2px solid green;">I should be absolute positioned.</div>