Learn CSS Transforms by Building a Penguin - Step 39

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Hello, can someone explain to me why I have to use position absolute on my .penguin-body::before selector?(It’s on line 84)
I would really appreciate it

To avoid misunderstanding, I purposely put position relative here so I can’t pass the test and access the help button

Your code so far

<!-- file: index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./styles.css" />
    <title>Penguin</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <div class="left-mountain"></div>
    <div class="back-mountain"></div>
    <div class="sun"></div>
    <div class="penguin">
      <div class="penguin-head"></div>
      <div class="penguin-body"></div>
    </div>

    <div class="ground"></div>
  </body>
</html>

/* file: styles.css */
body {
  background: linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(118, 201, 255), rgb(247, 255, 222));
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100vh;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.left-mountain {
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
  background: linear-gradient(rgb(203, 241, 228), rgb(80, 183, 255));
  position: absolute;
  transform: skew(0deg, 44deg);
  z-index: 2;
  margin-top: 100px;
}

.back-mountain {
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
  background: linear-gradient(rgb(203, 241, 228), rgb(47, 170, 255));
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  left: 110px;
  top: 225px;
}

.sun {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  background-color: yellow;
  position: absolute;
  border-radius: 50%;
  top: -75px;
  right: -75px;
}

.penguin {
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
  margin: auto;
  margin-top: 75px;
  z-index: 4;
  position: relative;
}

.penguin * {
  position: absolute;
}

.penguin-head {
  width: 50%;
  height: 45%;
  background: linear-gradient(
    45deg,
    gray,
    rgb(239, 240, 228)
  );
  border-radius: 70% 70% 65% 65%;
  top: 10%;
  left: 25%;
  z-index: 1;
}

.penguin-body {
  width: 53%;
  height: 45%;
  background: linear-gradient(
    45deg,
    rgb(134, 133, 133) 0%,
    rgb(234, 231, 231) 25%,
    white 67%
  );
  border-radius: 80% 80% 100% 100%;
  top: 40%;
  left: 23.5%;
}


/* User Editable Region */

.penguin-body::before {
  content: "";
  position: relative;

}

/* User Editable Region */


.ground {
  width: 100vw;
  height: 400px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(88, 175, 236), rgb(182, 255, 255));
  z-index: 3;
  position: absolute;
  margin-top: -58px;
}

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Hey !

The pseudo-elements ::before and ::after are often defined with a position of “absolute” because it allows styling them without worrying about the surrounding elements, and it also allows you to precisely position them relative to their reference element, which provides more possibilities.

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I got it now. Thank you so much pal :+1:

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