Comments on: Detailed Look at Stacking in CSS http://timkadlec.com/2008/01/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/ A Wisconsin based web developer writing about the web. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:23:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Niels Matthijs http://timkadlec.com/2008/01/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Niels Matthijs Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/1969/12/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/#comment-44 Great article, although I didn't really find what I hoped to find :)<br /><br />I've read up on the stacking before as I hit a nasty IE6 bug at some time. You mention that FF gets it wrong, but so does IE6, creating a new stack context whenever it hits position:relative. This makes it impossible to create some layouts.<br /><br />It would be nice if you could take a look at a test page I made some time ago.The setup is simple, the question is how to fix it without tampering with the setup (so no source changes etc)<br /><br />http://users.pandora.be/onderhond/test_IE6_zindex.html Great article, although I didn’t really find what I hoped to find :)

I’ve read up on the stacking before as I hit a nasty IE6 bug at some time. You mention that FF gets it wrong, but so does IE6, creating a new stack context whenever it hits position:relative. This makes it impossible to create some layouts.

It would be nice if you could take a look at a test page I made some time ago.The setup is simple, the question is how to fix it without tampering with the setup (so no source changes etc)

http://users.pandora.be/onderhond/test_IE6_zindex.html

]]> By: Thierry http://timkadlec.com/2008/01/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Thierry Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/1969/12/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/#comment-45 This is an interactive demo:<br />http://tjkdesign.com/articles/z-index/teach_yourself_how_elements_stack.asp<br /><br />It demonstrates the IE issue mentioned by Niels in a previous comment This is an interactive demo:
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/z-index/teach_yourself_how_elements_stack.asp

It demonstrates the IE issue mentioned by Niels in a previous comment

]]> By: Tim Kadlec http://timkadlec.com/2008/01/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Tim Kadlec Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/1969/12/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/#comment-46 Good stuff guys! Thierry's demo is a nice way to get some hands on experience playing with stacking.<br /><br />@Niels - Actually, IE7 appears to still get that wrong as well. Unfortunately, without redoing the markup, I can only see on CSS fix. If you take the position relative off of the bottom div and then position the bottom's sub division in relation to the body you can avoid the bug. That's the only thing I can think of there though. Good stuff guys! Thierry’s demo is a nice way to get some hands on experience playing with stacking.

@Niels – Actually, IE7 appears to still get that wrong as well. Unfortunately, without redoing the markup, I can only see on CSS fix. If you take the position relative off of the bottom div and then position the bottom’s sub division in relation to the body you can avoid the bug. That’s the only thing I can think of there though.

]]> By: Website Magazine http://timkadlec.com/2008/01/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Website Magazine Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/1969/12/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/#comment-42 Very timely for me as I just started working on a project where this will come in handy - thanks much! Very timely for me as I just started working on a project where this will come in handy – thanks much!

]]> By: Tim Kadlec http://timkadlec.com/2008/01/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Tim Kadlec Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/1969/12/detailed-look-at-stacking-in-css/#comment-43 Thanks for the comment! Glad to hear the article was useful for you. Actually, you can thank one of my colleagues for the timing. He got frustrated working with the z-index the other day and requested more information on the topic. Thanks for the comment! Glad to hear the article was useful for you. Actually, you can thank one of my colleagues for the timing. He got frustrated working with the z-index the other day and requested more information on the topic.

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