z-index?

SooTyLaD · 8 Sep 2008 at 10:31

hi guys,

just wondering, do any people actually find z-index to be a usable parameter?

i know that the element you are trying to position needs to have a position attribute set, but most of the time it simply doesnt work...

i am trying to position a semi transparent (png) graphic in between a background layer and a content layer, and it simply doesn't work...

i've been reading some of the popular tutorial sites such as w3schools but they all say the same stuff and dont really help out with ways to sort the temperamental nature of this setting...

can anyone offer some advice?

Shoseki · 8 Sep 2008 at 10:37

Have you applied to z-index to all three elements?

I've also noticed that page flow affects z-indexing...

SooTyLaD · 8 Sep 2008 at 10:39

i've tried placing it all over the shop, even when i've positioned it in different places in the html (just to test, wouldn't work for the final version cuz it'd be in the wrong place) then even tho it looked like it was underneath the layer it needs to be beneath, you couldn't click any links on the above layer :confused:

Tripnologist · 8 Sep 2008 at 10:40

It's not the greatest of solutions by why can't you just drop in another container div and apply the png as a background to that?

SooTyLaD · 8 Sep 2008 at 10:47

Tripnologist said:
It's not the greatest of solutions by why can't you just drop in another container div and apply the png as a background to that?

fair question, the reason is that the absolute item spans over multiple structural parts of the page, not just one, so since there are dynamic divs in there which will change size with the content, this can't work

unwashed potato! · 8 Sep 2008 at 11:09

any chance we can see it live?

SooTyLaD · 8 Sep 2008 at 11:28

i've been having a play, and i think what i want to do just isn't possible, as it is trying to span the multiple structural elements...

shame, but it wasn't massively integral anyway... no point floggin a dead horse...

unwashed potato! · 8 Sep 2008 at 11:34

SooTyLaD said:
i've been having a play, and i think what i want to do just isn't possible, as it is trying to span the multiple structural elements...

shame, but it wasn't massively integral anyway... no point floggin a dead horse...

never say never, if you can get a demo of it online sure someone here can offer some help

Tripnologist · 8 Sep 2008 at 11:53

Mammalian said:
never say never, if you can get a demo of it online sure someone here can offer some help

Yeah, it's a lot easier when we can actually see and inspect what's there.

I don't think I've ever come across anything that isn't possible layoutwise.. sometimes just requires a bit of a workaround.