When an absolute positioned element is the first child of a float with a top padding, the following children which are in "normal flow" are not positioned with respect to the top padding, but float children are. Other padding (e.g. left) is no problem.

When an absolute positioned element is the first child of a float with a top padding, the following children which are in "normal flow" are not positioned with respect to the top padding, but float children are. Other padding (e.g. left) is no problem.