# \[css/html\] div positioning problems

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-html-div-positioning-problems/193464>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [July 13, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-html-div-positioning-problems/193464 "2006-07-13T14:52:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![2nd\_day](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/a4c791/32.png) [@2nd\_day](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/2nd_day)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-html-div-positioning-problems/193464/1 "2006-07-13T14:52:10Z")

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Hi there,

I have two html files (wich use css). In one html file i have a div with 1 table in the other html file i have a div too, but multiple tables… The div has a border, the markup and positioning for the looks like this:

```auto

#content {
    padding: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
    border-left: 2px solid black;
    border-right: 2px solid black;
    border-bottom: 2px solid black;
    position: absolute;
    width: 800px;
    margin-left: -400px;
    left: 50%;
    visibility: visible
}

```

but the positioning isnt the same. In the file with multiple tables the div is positioned a few pix more to the left than the other file. Now i would like to know why? And how do i get them positioned at the same place?

here are the files:  
[http://thomas.zeal-music.com/kirupa/](http://thomas.zeal-music.com/kirupa/)

Any help is appreciated!