Running in compatibility mode the calendar below renders behind the textboxes below. IE8 displays the calendar how I need it to.
My CSS
.MyCalendar .ajax__calendar_container
{
border:1px solid #7F9DB9;
background-color: #ffffff;
z-index : 1004 ;
width:190px;
}
the textboxes which are overlaying the calendar don't have their z-index set anywhere although I have tried in my server side code to set their z-index to -1 if I detect IE7 to no avail. Any suggestions?
IE has problems with z-index. Most browsers treat the page as one continuous stacking context, but in IE, positioned elements generate a new stacking context, starting with a z-index value of 0.
As mentioned in this article:
http://trwa.ca/2012/03/ie-z-index-bug-and-how-to-squash-it/
try giving the calendar's parent element an even higher z-index.
I finally got it on top with an additional transparent background image. IE8. SASS:
#galerie-link {
position: absolute;
z-index: 1000;
top: 25px;
left: 40px;
a {
display: block;
width: 185px;
height: 90px;
background-image: url(../images/transparent.png);
}
}