<!DOCTYPE html>
<style>
.positioned {
    top: 0;
    position: absolute;
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: green;
}
.normal {
    max-width: 100%;
    display: block;
    height: auto;
    background-color: blue;
}
</style>
<p> Change in margin should move a positioned object.</p>
<ul id="container">
    <li class="positioned">
        <div class="normal">
    </li>
</ul>
<script>
    function test() {
        document.querySelector('.positioned').style['margin-left'] = 'initial';
        document.body.offsetTop;
        for (var i = 0; i < 101; ++i) {
            document.querySelector('.positioned').style['margin-left'] = i + "%";
        }
    }
    window.onload = test;
</script>