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'd say the fact that it's context sensitive is what's causing you problems. Perhaps you could restructure how that is set up? I'd have a parent div class that provides the context to these two, and have them separated from each other inside this div (using relative positioning to align them as you want?)

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