Javascript – Div with scroll and content with absolute positions

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I have a "div" with style: overflow-y: scroll; overflow-x: auto;
I try to dynamicaly add image inside this "div" with absolute or relative position. Everything seems ok until user tries to scroll the "div" content: image stays in fixed position relative to browser window. This problem seems to be only in IE(7), in firefox everything is fine.
Is there any solutions for this?

EDIT (in response to questions raised below): I'm positioning the element because I need it to show in front of another element.

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I don't know if it is a bug or a "feature" in IE, but I've run into the same thing before. Luckily there is an easy fix. Just add "position:relative" to the <div> that has scrollable contents.

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Relative+absolute positioning is your best bet:

#header {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 150px;
}

#header-content {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
}

#header, #header * {
  background: rgba(40, 40, 100, 0.25);
}

<div id="header">
  <h1>Title</h1>
  <div id="header-content">And in the last place, where this might not be the case, they would be of long standing, would have taken deep root, and would not easily be extirpated. The scheme of revising the constitution, in order to correct recent breaches of it, as well as for other purposes, has been actually tried in one of the States.</div>
</div>

But you may run into issues with that. When I tried it I had problems with dropdown menus appearing below the content. It's just not pretty.

Honestly, for vertical centering issues and, well, any vertical alignment issues with the items aren't fixed height, it's easier just to use tables.

Example: Can you do this HTML layout without using tables?

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