z-index not working on CSS dropdown menu

Question

I have a CSS driven simple drop down menu that can appear in double rows on narrower screens.

When I activate the dropdown of one of the top row items the drop down appears at the same "Z" level as the bottom row.

I thought I've set the z-indexes as required but it isn't working in Chrome, Firefox, Safari or iPhone.

Here is a sample: http://jsfiddle.net/bNBp3/ - "Meat" has a dropdown attached.

<ul id="main-navigation">
    <li><a href="/" title="Go to the Home page"><span>Home</span></a>
    </li>
    <li><a href="/meat/" title="Go to the Meat page"><span>Meat</span></a>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="/meat/bacon/" title="Go to the Bacon page"><span>Bacon</span></a></li>
            <li><a href="/meat/ham/" title="Go to the Ham page"><span>Ham</span></a></li>
            <li><a href="/meat/pork/" title="Go to the Pork page"><span>Pork</span></a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href="/vegetables/" title="Go to the Vegetables page"><span>Vegetables</span></a>
    </li>
    <li><a href="/about-us/" title="Go to the About Us page"><span>About Us</span></a>
    </li>
    <li><a href="/contact-us/" title="Go to the Contact Us page"><span>Contact Us</span></a>
    </li>
    <li><a href="/a-z/" title="Go to the A-Z page"><span>A-Z</span></a>
    </li>
</ul>

ul#main-navigation {
    display:block;
    border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
    margin:0 auto 0px auto;
    min-height:21px;
    padding:0;
    width:100%;
    z-index:11;
    clear:both;
}
ul#main-navigation li {
    display:block;
    float:left;
    list-style:none;
    margin:0 5px 0 0;
    padding:0;
    position:relative;
    z-index:12;
    min-height:22px;
    min-width:30%;
}
ul#main-navigation li a {
    color:#000;
    display:block;
    padding:2px;
    text-decoration:none;
    z-index:13;
}
ul#main-navigation li a.current, ul#main-navigation li a.section {
    color:#fff;
}
ul#main-navigation li ul {
    background:#eee;
    position:absolute;
    left:-1px;
    top:21px;
    display:none;
    overflow:hidden;
    padding:0px;
    z-index:14;
    width:100%;
    border:1px solid #ccc;
}
ul#main-navigation li ul li {
    display:block;
    float:none;
    margin:0;
    z-index:15;
    width:100%;
    border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
}
ul#main-navigation li ul li a {
    background:#eee;
    display:block;
    color:#333;
    z-index:16;
    zoom:100%;     
}
ul#main-navigation li ul li a:hover {
    background:#fff;
}
ul#main-navigation li:hover {
    background:#eee;
    border-left:1px solid #ccc;
    border-right:1px solid #ccc;
}
ul#main-navigation li:hover a.current {
    background:#eee; color:#000;
}
ul#main-navigation li:hover ul {
    display:block;
}

I'm working on it right now, I think it has something to do with you not using <div> tags. — Ryan
– Ryan, Commented Aug 19, 2011 at 4:10

No Results Found · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-19 04:20:34Z

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Just get rid of all the z-index values and it works fine:

http://jsfiddle.net/bNBp3/12/

Tested in Chrome and Firefox6.

Edit: It seems I forgot to remove the z-index from ul#main-navigation li ul in the demo and that's what makes it work, so just set it to any value 1 or higher.

answered Aug 19, 2011 at 4:20

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BaronGrivet Over a year ago

Thanks Wesley, I only set z-index on ul#main-navigation li ul and it's all good. If anyone knows why it happened I'd be very interested.

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