On Jul 17, 2009, at 5:35 AM, Bobby Jack wrote: > Not if there's a relatively-positioned element on the page, in my > experience: > > http://www.fiveminuteargument.com/fixed-position-z-index > > Is this a bug or expected behaviour?
That is the expected behaviour. CSS2.1:Appendix E has all the details. In short, the DIV without z-index (z-index:auto per definition) and the UL are both at the same stacking level (both are positioned, both have z-index:auto). Because the UL comes later in the source, it is painted/layered on top. Note that IE 6 & 7 do all kind of crazy things with stacking levels. If you use those browsers to test your page, results may not be consistent with the spec (cough, cough, how's that for a polite sentence ?). Philippe --- Philippe Wittenbergh http://l-c-n.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] 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/