position of boxes in LaTaX

Take one kind of box for example, the minipage box.

\begin{minipage}[position]{width}

There are 3 options for "position" , namely , c, t, b, meaning centre, top and bottom correspondingly.
If 'c' is chosen, the vertical center of the minipage will be aligned to the baseline of the surrounding environment.
If 't' is chosen, the vertical top of the minipage will be aligned to the baseline of the surrounding environment.
If 'b' is chosen, the vertical bottom of the minipage will be aligned to the baseline of the surrounding environment.