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Discussion on: Understanding positioning in CSS

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Colin Demaine • Edited

I think I understand what you're saying and naming things is always hard, but I think you probably said it best yourself; Static means something that doesn't move. The blocks in their default state don't actually move from the position that they are rendered in. Plus they can't be manipulated by directional properties (left, right, top, bottom, z-index) so the blocks do therefore remain static on the page.
Whereas a term like dynamic feels better suited to describing the way that Flexbox works to display blocks.
Hope this helps!