On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Richard W <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thank you for the replies Nate and Richard.
>
> I can understand the complexities involved with moving the element
> back to it's original position in the dom.
>
> I'd like to know why the dialog is moved to the end of the document.
>

Older IE insists on stacking elements based on DOM order, regardless of
z-index. For consistency, we move the dialog to the end of the body in all
browsers, not just IE.


> Am I correct in saying it's easier to work with an absolutely
> positioned element that is at the end of the document, which makes it
> relative to the document and not relative to any parent container?
>

Not having to deal with absolutely positioned dialogs inside
position:relative containers is just a bonus, I guess.

- Richard

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