Kushal sharma

Posted on May 2, 2020 • Updated on Sep 18, 2023

👨🏻‍💻 How to solve the Z-index issue Within 1 minute😲😲

#css #react #javascript #beginners

Welcome Developer to my blog post, This post is more beneficial to the frontend developers as this tool work with the frontend stuff, but yes it always helps to have the knowledge about what tools are your front-end developers friend using.

so my dear frontend developer friend, I know that you make the Designs of the awesome website with the help of the HTML and CSS and make them interactive with the help of javascript. but things don't always work as we want.

I am going to share one tool inside the chrome dev tool that you can you while debugging the next issue for the Z-index.

Z-Index:

Z-Index is an important property of CSS. The z-index property specifies the stack order of an element and its descendants. We use Z-index with absolute or relative positions. When elements overlap, z-order determines which one covers the other.

You must have used this one property while making any design and sometimes the Div which you want to show on the top not display whether you give it the Z-Index of 1000000.

Don't keep hit any try with giving the random number. use the following tool to check where your div element is positioned. you must be frustrated while doing this

keep calm and
1) open Chrome Dev tools
2) Click on three dots on the right-hand side and open more tools and select layer

now you get the following screen

There are three options available under the console text,

1) The first mode is pan mode this used to drag the given window inside the layer window

2) The second mode is Rotate mode, you can use this mode to rotate the window and to see how the elements are positioned,

3) and the third one is used to reset the 1st and 2nd settings.

open the devtool if you are reading this post from your laptop or pc and give it a try. you can see how the elements are positioned on any website. there are more two options play with them also

Next week I am going to publish a new post with all the secret tips and tricks for the chrome dev tools. follow me if you want to be notified when it posted.

Thanks for reading ❤ and if you want to read more stuff like this then follow me, Thanks

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Top comments (34)

Igor Santos • May 10 '20

Hey! Nice tip, I knew Chrome had such tool but didn't recall where to find it last time I needed :)

BTW, tips for better future posts:

try to be more concise. More than half of the post is welcome, introduction, and stating the obvious... I mean, we came here because we had z-index issues and want to know the tool, there's no need to explain us what z-index issues are haha
the text is great but could be awesome with better wording and phrasing. I think you can improve this by reading more professional writings, such as books or professional blogs :)
I must confess I don't understand the plea for follows. I'll follow if I resonate with you, won't follow just because of a single post I read. This definitely backfires, at least with me. YouTube is full of this and everyone hates that in the end 🤷🏻‍♂️

Royaljerry • May 2 '20 • Edited

I gave a ❤️ and a 🦄. Cause it deserves both.

Kushal sharma • May 2 '20

nice to heard these words

Royaljerry • May 2 '20

Yeah, srsly, developing Angular apps for years, but always struggled with z-indices. :) Thanks, bro.

Kushal sharma • May 3 '20

Welcome bro , i am writing one more next week about new tool for frontend , that will also help you a lot

Lajos • May 5 '20

I might be a blind to see, but in that "Layers" where can I find which layer has what z-index?

Ben Calder • May 6 '20

Good tip on the dev tool; but I'm surprised not to see mention of stacking context in the context of fixing CSS z-index issues: creating a new stacking context is the main cause of problems where inordinately large values in z-index will never be a solution.

Syed Ahmad Mustafa • May 2 '20

That was really helpful, I'm learning React right now, and was having doubts regarding the z-index while working on the styling of my first project. Thanks for this post 🌿🌿

Kushal sharma • May 2 '20 • Edited

Nice to heard that , i am also very amazed when i know this stuff , and it is worth sharing

Aravind Balla • May 13 '20

MS Edge has a 3D view now which lets you see the z-index visually. That's the best I feel.

Kushal sharma • May 13 '20

Thanks for this , I will sure try this also

Rocky Bronzino • Jul 18 '20

"The z-index property specifies the stack order of an element and its descendants. " ... No, it doesn't. The order of elements in the Dom specifies the order. The z-index in html overrides the the natural order in the Dom. The primary method for getting things to show up should always be to use the natural DOM ordering.

zqfcoder • May 2 '20

thank for your sharing

Kushal sharma • May 2 '20

I am gradeful to listen that you found this intresting

Petr Janik • May 5 '20

I have no idea how the tool is supposed to help me find out the z-index.

Carl-Erik Kopseng • Dec 15 '20 • Edited

Ditto. I assume that by tilting/rotating the layers, you should see the stacking somehow. This does not happen in my case. There is a single layer showing, no matter how 3D it gets.