title: Why does position absolute give anchor tag 100% height of it's container?
body: <p>I have been studying bootstrap carousel from <a href="http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#carousel" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#carousel</a>  </p>
  
  <p>The left and right side angle bracket controls having classes <code>carousel-control</code> are anchor tags. These anchor tags have 100% height of their container. These are also absolutely positioned with respect the container div. My question is:  </p>
  
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  <li>Why does position absolute give anchor tag(an inline element) 100% height of it's container?</li>
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