CSS: fix the height of a section within a variable height element

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Here\'s a fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/DRbRS/

Notice how the red-outlined list div does not align at the bottom of the green container

Answer 1

Using position: absolute and setting top, left, right, and bottom: http://jsfiddle.net/QARC9/

This article describes why it works.

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/conflictingabsolutepositions/