Anchor point stacking with absolute

Small case study for a design we implemented.

by Simon Harte

HTML

<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="top">
    <div class="bottom">
      <ul>
        <li><span>1</span></li>
        <li><span>2</span></li>
        <li><span>3</span></li>
      </ul>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

.wrapper {
  margin-top: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  width: 300px;
  background: beige;
  position: relative;
}

.top {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
}

.bottom {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
}

ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

li {
  width: 50px;
  padding-bottom: 100%;
  position: relative;
}

li + li {
  margin-top: 10px;
}

span {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: red;
  color: white;
}