Relatively positioned top not working as expected

Question

Why the top attribute of does not work when the label is the same level as

, but This works if I remove the tag

.

html,
body {
  height: 100%;
}

img {
  position: relative;
  top: 40%;
}

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<img src="http://lorempixel.com/400/200/" alt="">

Answer 1

http://jsfiddle.net/9bxwxfe2/

Use a container div set to position:relative; and then add position:absolute; to the img.