The z-index property (CSS Reference)
Introduction
The z-index property can be used if you want to overlap some
elements. The following example demonstrates the usage.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head><title>z-index Demonstration</title>
<style type="text/css">
.overlap
{
position:
absolute;
left: 0.5in;
top: 0.5in;
}
.overlap1
{
position:
absolute;
left: 19mm;
top: 0.4in;
}
.overlap2
{
position:
absolute;
left: 19mm;
top: 0.4in;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1><p>z-index
demonstration</p></h1>
<div class="overlap1" style="z-index:
1"><br/>
<span style="color: red; font-size:
130px;">/</span>
</div>
<div class="overlap2" style="z-index:
3"><br/>
<span style="color: red; font-size:
130px;">\</span>
</div>
<div class="overlap" style="z-index:
2">
<span style="color: blue; font-size:
150px;">+</span>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output

Values
|
Name:
|
Description:
|
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auto
|
The auto value uses the same stacking order number as the
parent element.
|
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number
|
This value indicates whether the element is in front of
the other elements or not. A higher number will be in front of the elements
with a lower number.
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