# DIV over a TABLE

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-over-a-table/299988>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 13, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-over-a-table/299988 "2009-11-13T19:20:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![imagined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@imagined](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imagined)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-over-a-table/299988/1 "2009-11-13T19:20:55Z")

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Do you know a way to place a DIV over a TABLE like this one? [http://37signals.com/svn/images/bp-new-calendar-big.png](http://37signals.com/svn/images/bp-new-calendar-big.png)

Let’s say the colored stripes are DIV’s.

I know you can place the DIV over the TABLE by using absolute positioning. But I do not know how to do the absolute positioning based on the table. **How can I do ABSOLUTE positioning based on the TABLES dimensions?**