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Asked: 2026-05-17T22:59:45+00:00

IE does funny things with z-index. When dealing with rollover navigation, I always went

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IE does funny things with z-index. When dealing with rollover navigation, I always went through the thought process of “Ok. . . need to give this element position:relative, with this z-index, and the same to this one, then give this a higher z-index. . .” it always turned out to be a pain.

Then I thought, why not just give every element on the page a z-index of 1 to start, making it the same across all browsers? That way I only have to apply z-index:2 to my header and voila. I tried adding this to a couple of websites and saw no adverse effects.

I’m thinking I will just add this to my typical reset stylesheet that I use on every project. Does anyone see a problem with this?

* {z-index:1;}
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  1. Editorial Team

    Every element by default has a z-index of zero, so I can’t see how changing everything to one will help you.

    Also using the * to run through every page element is very inefficient and will slow down your page.

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