I mean the computed CSS. FireBug in FireFox or the built-in debuggers in Safari and Chrome will show you the actual CSS rules that were applied to the elements.
Wow Bear your Jedi mind trick worked on my browser. Setting position to 'absolute' did the trick. I don't know why I was set on 'relative' being correct. I still don't understand the behavior, but Many Thanks!
Edit: Premature celebration- the script only behaves correctly in Firefox. In Chrome, IE, and Opera, its behavior is the same as if position were set to relative.