I have a Drupal website loaded with AJAX. Every time I edit my title, AJAX is checking whether or not I’ve actually changed it. But every time the AJAX starts checking, my whole lay-out is jumping around…
BEFORE

AFTER

I tried to edit the .ajax-threbber-css class with position absolute, relative and fixed, but no result. Every time the throbber reacts differently. A z-index of 99999999999 doesn’t work either… Is there a way to float this ajax-throbber-div to the absolute top without influencing any other items?
You would first need to check its current CSS properties, it could be that you are having them overwritten by something else.
Firebug or Google Chrome developer tools would help. Setting the position to absolute, should do it for you, its just CSS gets murky if you don’t consider other pieces of the puzzle acting upon your object that you are trying to style.