CSS Negative margins for positioning

Question

Is it ok to use negative margins for positioning? I have a lot in my current site and feel like it\'s not such a stable way to position things. I usually suggest to use them

Answer 1

If your divs have some margin between each other probably you didn't reset your margins and padding (see: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/).

Generally speaking is not a bad thing to use negative margins, anyway if you are forced to set them almost everywhere probably you should refactor your css, because the result can be slightly different among the various browsers and this could lead to a big headache :) .

Answer 2

Negative margins have been known to cause problems in IE7 and below with content being cut off. And, as alias suggests, it could also indicate a problem with the rest of the design. But I think it is wrong to say that negative margins are 'bad development' in all cases. But as always, test test test.