How can I get an absolutely-positioned div to extend outside its relativley-positioned parent, which has overflow: auto?

Question

I have a relatively -positioned div, which has overflow: auto set. Inside that, I have a div which acts as a sort of drop-down menu. I want the drop-down div to e

Answer 1

I am not sure how to achieve what I want.

Neither am I — more info on what you want?

Perhaps it would be a good idea to separate the element with overflow from the element with ‘position: relative’, especially if that's only being used to locate the absolute inside.

    
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