Why does z-index not work?

The z-index property only works on elements with a position value other than static (e.g. position: absolute;, position: relative;, or position: fixed). There is also position: sticky; that is supported in Firefox, is prefixed in Safari, worked for a time in older versions of Chrome under a custom flag, and is under consideration by Microsoft … Read more

Embed image in a

You could use input type image. It works as a button and can have the event handlers attached to it. Alternatively, you can use css to style your button with a background image, and set the borders, margins and the like appropriately.

Set parent style via child

Let’s say I have the following <ul>: Is it possible for me to change the style of the <li> via the active <span>? E.g.: I’ve been able to achieve this with jQuery, but it flickers on the screen for a split second (waiting for the DOM to load) and I want to avoid that.

Animate the overflow property

The solution is to use AnimationEvent listeners. Here’s my raw implementation: CSS • 2 animations (open, close) • 2 classes (opened, closed) • 2 states (overflow hidden/visible) opened and closed are always toggled at animationstart, while hidden/visible states are differently worked out on animationend. Note: you’ll see a #main-menu element: it’s an UL with transitioned … Read more

How to set a border for an HTML div tag

Try being explicit about all the border properties. For example: See Border shorthand property. Although the other bits are optional some browsers don’t set the width or colour to a default you’d expect. In your case I’d bet that it’s the width that’s zero unless specified.

How do I vertically align text in a div?

The correct way to do this in modern browsers is to use Flexbox. See this answer for details. See below for some older ways that work in older browsers. Vertical Centering in CSShttp://www.jakpsatweb.cz/css/css-vertical-center-solution.html Article summary: For a CSS 2 browser, one can use display:table/display:table-cell to center content. A sample is also available at JSFiddle: Expand snippet … Read more