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CSS CSS Foundations The Box Model Positioning Properties

Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points
Posted by Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points

Wrapper div overlaps other divs

Hi.

Why does my wrapper div overlap the others?

Here's my HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
    <title>Positioning Properties</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/css_foundations_style.css">
    <style type="text/css">
        body { font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; color: initial; }
        p { margin-bottom: 24px; }
        .wrapper { position: initial; }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="fixed"></div>
    <div class="wrapper">
        <p>This is the first paragraph of my wrapper.</p>
        <p>And this is the second.</p>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

And my CSS:

body {
    margin: 70px 0 0;
    background: #e1e1dd;
    color: #fff;
    font: normal 1.4em sans-serif;
}

.wrapper {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 25px;
    width: 80%;
    background: #fff;
    position: relative;
}

.top {
    background: #ff6347;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 10;
}

.middle {
    background: #87ceeb;
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 20;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
}

.bottom {
    background: #20b2aa;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 30;
    top: -25px;
}

.fixed {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 60px;
    background-color: #000;
}

.wrapper div {
    width: 150px;
    height: 150px;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 150px;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
}

Thanks.

Sean

3 Answers

Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points
Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points

Hi Chedva. I've made some alterations to my HTML, as below, and it works fine now.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
    <title>Positioning Properties</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/css_foundations_style.css">
    <style type="text/css">
        body { font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; color: initial; }
        p { margin-bottom: 24px; }
        .wrapper { position: initial; }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="fixed"></div>
    <div class="wrapper">
        <div class="top">Top</div>
        <div class="middle">Middle</div>
        <div class="bottom">Bottom</div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Thanks.

Sean

chedvah
chedvah
29,429 Points
chedvah
chedvah
29,429 Points

Is it overlapping or not applying?

You are probably best using just .wrapper {} and not .wrapper div {} , as you don't have any divs within the .wrapper.

chedvah
chedvah
29,429 Points
chedvah
chedvah
29,429 Points

Great!