[support] JQuery makes z-index useless?

[sander-martijn]

Oh man I'm tired - i forgot position:absolute - nothing to do with 
drupal, just my own mind failing me.  please ignore ;)

sander-martijn wrote:
> I'm having a problem with z-index on an object.  I don't use jQuery - I 
> know javascript quite well and don't see the point in learning another 
> way of doing it.  But no matter what z-index I put this div at, elements 
> burn through it.  I did some searching and the only hint I got was that 
> it may be something JQuery is doing, but couldn't find a fix.  If I have 
> to put some JQuery in my page just to get the z-index working that's 
> fine but I'd rather not do the whole thing that way.  If it's not JQuery 
> does anyone know what might be causing this behavior?  I tested it on 
> various pages in the site, most of which have no custom javascript or 
> other strangeness on them but see the same behavior - z-index seems to 
> be completely ignored (including the default way of html working where 
> the last element is on top).  Anyone else familiar with this? 
>
> very straightforward example below:
> css:
> #theOverlay{
>   height:1000px;
>   width:1000px;
>   top:0px;
>   left:0px;
>   background-color:#000;
>   z-index:100; /* i've tried every number here imaginable */
> }
>
>
> html (just before </body>):
> <div id="theOverlay"></div>
>   

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