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CSS CSS Layout Basics Positioning Page Content How Z-index Works

Posted by Jonathan Newman
Jonathan Newman
5,219 Points

Element stacking: Why isn't the banner on top of main-header?

If elements are laid in stacking order of elements later in HTML being on top, why doesn't the banner cover the main-header before the z-stack property is applied?

Kartikey Shahi
Kartikey Shahi
Courses Plus Student 2,002 Points

Hey Jonathan, banner doesn't include any positioning property the stack order in html is according to sequence of element with positioning ... Header include position:fixed so it have some z-index value & after header <figure> contain position:relative which mean it also have some z-index value which is greater than previous positioning element index that's why figure element overlapping the header.

Jonathan Newman
Jonathan Newman
5,219 Points

Hi Kartikey, thanks for responding.

I just noticed that the figure element has a 'position: relative' property. I think you meant: "Header include position:fixed so it have some z-index value & after figure contains position:relative which mean it also have some z-index value which is greater than previous positioning element index that's why figure element overlapping the header."

Thank you for helping me figure this out!

Uriah Nevins
Uriah Nevins
1,121 Points

Could you post the code?