# Container dimension/size requirements for RemoteView
**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/container-dimension-size-requirements-for-remoteview/15354
**Category:** Web
**Created:** [March 7, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/container-dimension-size-requirements-for-remoteview/15354 "2025-03-07T19:14:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@DevinAPorro](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/DevinAPorro)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/container-dimension-size-requirements-for-remoteview/15354/1 "2025-03-07T19:14:50Z")
I swear I remember reading somewhere that the container element for vtkRemoteView _required_ absolute (px) values for the width and height (e.g. the DOM element passed to the RemoteView.setContainer method)…but now I can’t find any mention of that requirement. I’m just curious if that is still required (or was ever required? 🙂
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### Author:  [@Sebastien\_Jourdain](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Sebastien_Jourdain)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/container-dimension-size-requirements-for-remoteview/15354/2 "2025-03-08T23:55:41Z")
That was never a requirement, just `position: relative` as its inside is using absolute positioning to use what ever space was available while not forcing any size to its container.
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### Author:  [@DevinAPorro](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/DevinAPorro)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/container-dimension-size-requirements-for-remoteview/15354/3 "2025-03-10T13:45:12Z")
Great, thanks so much for the confirmation (Now if I could only figure out why I _swear_ I remember reading this somewhere 😂 …but makes it much easier that it isn’t a requirement 🙂 )
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### Author:  [@Sebastien\_Jourdain](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Sebastien_Jourdain)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/container-dimension-size-requirements-for-remoteview/15354/4 "2025-03-13T00:00:00Z")
But the position: relative is a requirement. 😉