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

Just remove the overflow: auto part and close the inner div correctly with a closing tag, that way it works in IE6, IE7, Firefox 3 and Opera => probably all browsers.