>> I'd appreciate any comments that would help me improve this "tool": >> http://tjkdesign.com/articles/z-index/teach_yourself_how_elements_stack.asp >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> Regards, >> Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com
> Good test. > You might say that a relatively positioned element without a z-index set > must not establish a stacking context. > > A common IE bug, often seen in drop-down menus, is that any relatively > positioned element that has haslayout set to true establishes a stacking > context. > > One may visualize this bug by setting [A] and [B] to position:relative, > while [a] gets position:relative; z-index:1. > > Now, dragging [A] under [B] hides [a] - in IE, that is. Any positioned > child with a z-index is caught by this wrong stacking context of its > parent. Hi Ingo, I cut/pasted your post in the article ;-) As a side note, the original idea was to have a list of things to try (like what you mention), but I ran out of time... Thanks a lot for your feedback, -- Regards, Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/