Container loses top margin when element is made visible

Question

I was trying to participate in a CSS challenge when this occurred. Everything seems working as expected, however when clicking on the plus circle to display div#card the div.container loses it's top margin and I cannot understand why. Please if anyone can help me with this, I'd be really grateful - And maybe we can all learn from it ;) Thanks!

Codepen: https://codepen.io/albertrf147/pen/LMKKeK

HTML

html,
body {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

body {
  margin: 0px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: lightblue;
}

.container {
  width: 400px;
  height: 400px;
  margin: 20px auto !important;
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  background: white;
  padding: 2px;
}

.square {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding: 2px;
  width: 50%;
  height: 50%;
  position: relative;
  background: white;
}

.square>img {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
  margin: auto;
}

.onhover {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: all .6s ease-in-out;
}

.onhover:hover {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

.circle-aux {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  transition: all .6s ease-in-out;
}

.circle-aux:hover .circle {
  visibility: visible;
  opacity: 1;
  transform: scale(0.2);
  transition: all .6s ease-in-out;
}

.circle {
  visibility: hidden;
  opacity: 0;
  position: absolute;
  border-radius: 50%;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: salmon;
}

.circle:before {
  content: "";
  background: white;
  height: 50%;
  width: 6px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.circle:after {
  content: "";
  background: white;
  height: 6px;
  width: 50%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.container-card {
  visibility: hidden;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
}

.container-card>img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 60%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.container-card:target {
  visibility: visible;
}

.avatar {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px black;
  width: 25%;
  height: 25%;
  background: white;
  z-index: 2;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: calibri;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: white;
  font-size: 18px;
}

.avatar>img {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  border-radius: inherit;
  padding: 4px;
}

.mini-circle {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 15%;
  height: 15%;
  border: 1px solid white;
  border-radius: 50%;
  margin-top: 12px;
}

.mini-circle:hover {
  background: white;
  cursor: pointer;
}

footer {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: salmon;
  height: 50%;
  width: 100%;
  z-index: 1;
  padding: 2px;
}

.close {
  position: absolute;
  border-radius: 50%;
  width: 8%;
  height: 8%;
  background: black;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  right: 10px;
  top: 10px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.close:before {
  content: "";
  background: white;
  height: 60%;
  width: 2px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.close:after {
  content: "";
  background: white;
  height: 2px;
  width: 60%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

<main>
  <div class="container">

    <div class="square">
      <div class="onhover">
        <div class="circle-aux">
          <a class="circle" href="#card"></a>
        </div>
      </div>
      <img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/305241/pexels-photo-305241.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&h=650&w=940" />
    </div>
    <div class="square">
      <div class="onhover">
        <div class="circle-aux">
          <div class="circle"></div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/1546711/pexels-photo-1546711.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&h=650&w=940" />
    </div>
    <div class="square">
      <div class="onhover">
        <div class="circle-aux">
          <div class="circle"></div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/1800433/pexels-photo-1800433.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&h=650&w=940" />
    </div>
    <div class="square">
      <div class="onhover">
        <div class="circle-aux">
          <div class="circle"></div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/1757111/pexels-photo-1757111.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&h=650&w=940" />
    </div>

    <div id="card" class="container-card">
      <a class="close" href="#"></a>
      <img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/1769331/pexels-photo-1769331.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&h=650&w=940" />
      <div class="avatar">
        <img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/769772/pexels-photo-769772.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&h=650&w=940" />
        <span>David Craig</span>
        <span>
        <div class="mini-circle"></div>
        <div class="mini-circle"></div>
        <div class="mini-circle"></div>
      </span>
      </div>
      <footer></footer>
    </div>
  </div>
</main>

Possible duplicate of [Set position absolute and margin](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9350775/set-position-absolute-and-margin) — helb, Jan 21 '19 at 12:56
Try setting the opacity on the `container-card` and a odd background color of say lime or orange and you can see where it all lies at each stage. — Mark Schultheiss, Jan 21 '19 at 13:06

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '19 at 12:54

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Welcome to SO!

As the appearing container is position: absolute no margin takes effect.

You need to work with the top attribute to place it properly.

Check this out: https://codepen.io/anon/pen/pGzVyL

For more informations click here: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_positioning.asp

answered Jan 21 '19 at 12:54

Thanks for your welcome and help! As I understand it, the appearing container is #card and has the class .container-card, which is positioned as absolute within the parent div.container that is positioned as relative. So I don't get how the parent container loses its margin when the new #card container appears inside. – Albert Jan 21 '19 at 20:47
Margin can’t be applied to an absolute element. Even if the parent is relative. You could do a relative in a relative. This will keep position afaik – Jan 21 '19 at 21:40
Oh cool, didn't know that. I've also set the parent container as absolute and it's working as expected now. Thanks for your help! – Albert Jan 22 '19 at 15:42

Container loses top margin when element is made visible

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