InstantForum 2017-1 FinalMillisecond Forumshttps://forums.millisecond.com/Millisecond ForumsWed, 08 Apr 2026 09:06:23 GMT20https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic15002.aspxHi,&nbsp;<br/><br/>I spent some time figuring out why my dynamic positioning didn't work. In the end I realized this does not work:&nbsp;<br/><span>[quote]/ position = (900 * 1px, 900 * 1px)[/quote]</span><br/>however this does:<br/><span>[quote]/ position = (1px * 900,1px * 900)[/quote]<br/><br/>Is there a reason why the order of the components matters?&nbsp;<br/><br/>Thank you!<br/><br/>Kerwin</span>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 03:05:33 GMTKolfershttps://forums.millisecond.com/Topic15004.aspxYes, order matters. The unit of the first term determines the unit of the result:<br/><br/>1px * 400 -&gt; result will be interpreted as pixels<br/>400 * 1px -&gt; result will&nbsp; be interpreted as pure integer (no unit)<br/><br/>The reason this matters is that there must be a way to deal with terms with different units. E.g, should 1px * 400pct return a result in pixels or percentages? The order of the terms allows you/ the program to decide that.<br/>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 03:05:33 GMTDave