css - position div to bottom of containing div

Question

How can i position a div to the bottom of the containing div?

<style>
.outside {
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    background-color: #EEE; /*to make it visible*/
}
.inside {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 2px;
}
</style>
<div class="outside">
    <div class="inside">inside</div>
</div>

This code puts the text "inside" to the bottom of the page.

Answer 1

.outside {
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    background-color: #EEE; /*to make it visible*/
}

Needs to be

.outside {
    position: relative;
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    background-color: #EEE; /*to make it visible*/
}

Absolute positioning looks for the nearest relatively positioned parent within the DOM, if one isn't defined it will use the body.