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m1e1w1
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need help fixing this problem

Post by m1e1w1 »

hello,

im posting here becuse it seems the most likely area to get help with this problem i have.
i would like to post of image of what it looks like, so its attached to this post.
the best description i can give is:
on my index home page, i have a series of dropdown menus from right to left. on the most left side of the page below the dropdown menus i have a scrolling text box, where the text scrolls from bottom up. written in a PHP code, to pull a siteupdates.php file into a placeholder box.
the result of this is when the text in the scroll box reaches to the top, and i use a dropdown menu right above the scroller, it allows the scroller text to show above the dropdown and causes the dropdown to close if my cursor come in contact with the scroll text.
i tryed css z-indexing and that did not work. no posts from older thread that got moved to "html" area...
what can i do to fix this?
The problem i have
The problem i have
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social_experiment
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Re: need help fixing this problem

Post by social_experiment »

Hello, could you please paste the html and css for this page (just the sections relevant to the problem will do ;) )
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Hendeca
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Re: need help fixing this problem

Post by Hendeca »

Hmm, very strange indeed m1e1w1!

It almost looks like the backgrounds of the dropdown menus are translucent, but that can't be, because none of the rest of the background can be seen. I agree, post the code! My guess is that there is a z-index fix for this, but it might be something more specific than what you implemented. Have you tried changing the z-index of the text that shows through to -1? Sometimes this works. It's hard to say without seeing the code, but I really think this is probably a z-index problem. I've often found that when I have a z-index problem, I have to change the values for a couple of different elements to get things to work. Maybe try changing the z-index of a few of the elements and experimenting with some different values. It could also be caused by a combination of problems. Also, what browser are you viewing the site on?

Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but definitely post the section of code relating to those elements!
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