jeffrey morin wrote:
> hey everyone,
> i know i have seen things written on this before but i can't seem to find a
> solution. i have a flash player and above it is the sitemast which contains
> a search box. when the results pop out (absolute positioning) its container
> is covered by the flash player in IE7. i'm sure IE6 too but we are
> fortunately not supporting IE6. could someone point me in the right
> direction?
>
> i need to point out that the div which contains the flash player has
> relative positioning with a z-index of 3 because there's a dark overlay that
> dims the screen but we need the flash player to still be bright and visible.
> so it's like this
>
> .search-results { position: absolute; z-index: 99999; }
> .flash-container { position: relative; z-index: 3; }
>
> unfortunately i can't give a link to the code because it's a private beta
> and i don't have a separate server to post an example on. i know how
> annoying that is but if anyone has any ideas or just some links to good
> documentation i would really appreciate it.
>
> thanks,
> jeff
Hello Jeff,
Well may I say, z-index: 99999 is a new high for me to see. When
layering with z-index in IE7- you must achieved the correct layering by
positioning an element higher up the docement tree (an ancestor element).
<http://css-class.com/test/css/visformatting/layers/z-index.htm>
Some attempts at multi layering are impossible to achieve in IE7-.
--
Alan http://css-class.com/
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