I've been looking at position and z-index in the specs. And I have a theory. However it doesn't seem right, but the facts seem to fit.
I think that IE is painting the scene back to front like the painters algorithm, but FF paints the scene back to front by element branch. So the drop down is considered lower (it is drawn first) even though it has a higher z-index and thus get's overwritten by elements below it. I just wish I could figure out if a) FF is sticking to the letter of the W3C description (which is illogical) or b) FF is actually incorrect and IE is correct for once. It's like saying the car on the road which is about a mile away is closer than the pavement because the car is a child of the road where the pavement is a seperate element (poor analogy but the best I could come up with). The whole point of z-index is to determine the draw order of elements and to have the elements not actually relate to each other is illogical. G. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
