I am building some custom dropdown controls and the z-index isn't working properly.
// Add the empty class to the container div if no check boxes are checked.
$('.qx-container').each(function ()
{
var container = $(this);
if (!container.find('input[type="checkbox"]').is(':checked'))
{
container.find('.qx-content').text($('.qx-content').attr('empty-message'));
container.find('.qx-content').addClass('qx-empty-content');
}
else
{
handleCheckBoxToggle(container.find('input[type="checkbox"]'));
}
});
// Wire a mouse enter event to the container div. Turns the drop-down list's colors to gray if the slider isn't visible.
$('.qx-container').mouseenter(function ()
{
var container = $(this);
if (!container.find('.qx-slider').is(':visible'))
{
container.find('.qx-container-border-outer').addClass('qx-container-border-outer-hover');
container.find('.qx-container-border-inner').addClass('qx-container-border-inner-hover');
container.find('.qx-container-border-background').addClass('qx-container-border-background-hover');
}
container.data('hoverState', true);
});
// Wire a mouse leave event to the container div. Turns the drop-down list's colors to white if the slider isn't visible and
// sets the container div's empty class if no check boxes are checked.
$('.qx-container').mouseleave(function ()
{
var container = $(this);
if (!container.find('.qx-slider').is(':visible'))
{
container.find('.qx-container-border-outer').removeClass('qx-container-border-outer-hover');
container.find('.qx-container-border-inner').removeClass('qx-container-border-inner-hover');
container.find('.qx-container-border-background').removeClass('qx-container-border-background-hover');
}
if (container.text() == '')
{
container.text($(this).attr('empty-message'));
container.addClass('qx-empty-content');
}
container.data('hoverState', false);
});
// Wire a click event to the content div. Shows or hides the slider and changes the drop-down list's colors based on the slider's visibility.
$('.qx-container-border-outer').click(function ()
{
var outer = $(this);
var inner = $(this).find('.qx-container-border-inner');
var background = $(this).find('.qx-container-border-background');
var container = outer.closest('.qx-container');
var slider = container.find('.qx-slider');
var sliders = $('.qx-container').find('.qx-slider').not(slider);
// Close any other open sliders.
sliders.each(function ()
{
$(this).hide();
var containerDiv = $(this).closest('.qx-container');
var outerBorder = containerDiv.find('.qx-container-border-outer');
var innerBorder = containerDiv.find('.qx-container-border-inner');
var backgroundDiv = containerDiv.find('.qx-container-border-background');
outerBorder.removeClass('qx-container-border-outer-selected');
outerBorder.removeClass('qx-container-border-outer-hover');
innerBorder.removeClass('qx-container-border-inner-selected');
inner.removeClass('qx-container-border-inner-hover');
backgroundDiv.removeClass('qx-container-border-background-selected');
background.removeClass('qx-container-border-background-hover');
});
// Toggle the slider.
slider.slideToggle(50, function ()
{
if (!container.data('hoverState'))
{
outer.removeClass('qx-container-border-outer-hover');
inner.removeClass('qx-container-border-inner-hover');
background.removeClass('qx-container-border-background-hover');
}
if (slider.is(':visible'))
{
outer.addClass('qx-container-border-outer-selected');
inner.addClass('qx-container-border-inner-selected');
background.addClass('qx-container-border-background-selected');
}
else
{
outer.removeClass('qx-container-border-outer-selected');
inner.removeClass('qx-container-border-inner-selected');
background.removeClass('qx-container-border-background-selected');
}
});
});
// Wire a change event to the check boxes. Stores the user's selection in the content element & displays the text of which check box is checked.
$('.qx-slider').find($('input[type="checkbox"]')).click(function (event)
{
event.stopPropagation();
handleCheckBoxToggle($(this));
});
// Wire a mouse enter event to the slider row so the background color changes to gray.
$('.qx-slider-row').mouseenter(function ()
{
$(this).find('td').addClass('qx-slider-cell-hover');
});
// Wire a mouse leave event to the slider row so the background color changes to white.
$('.qx-slider-row').mouseleave(function ()
{
$(this).find('td').removeClass('qx-slider-cell-hover');
});
// Wire a mouse click event to the slider row to toggle the check box's checked attribute.
$('.qx-slider-row').click(function ()
{
var checkBox = $(this).find('input[type="checkbox"]');
checkBox.attr('checked', !checkBox.is(':checked'));
handleCheckBoxToggle(checkBox);
});
// Handles the checked event for each check box.
function handleCheckBoxToggle(checkBox)
{
// Reference to the containing content div.
var content = checkBox.closest('.qx-container').find('.qx-content')
// Holds the checked values (data is associated with the content div).
var checkBoxData = content.data('checkBoxData');
// Reference to all the check boxes in the slider.
var checkBoxes = checkBox.closest('table').find('input[type="checkbox"]');
// Create an array of check box values (associated with the content div) if it doesn't exist.
if (checkBoxData == undefined)
{
checkBoxData = new Array();
checkBoxes.each(function ()
{
checkBoxData[$(this).attr('interest-level-description')] = 0;
});
}
// Store the checked values of each check box.
checkBoxes.each(function ()
{
checkBoxData[$(this).attr('interest-level-description')] = $(this).is(':checked') ? 1 : 0;
});
// Create a commo-delimited string from the checked values.
content.data('checkBoxData', checkBoxData);
var output = '';
for (var property in checkBoxData)
{
if (checkBoxData[property] == 1)
{
output += property + ", ";
}
}
// Remove the trailing comma.
if (output.match(",") != null)
{
output = output.substr(0, output.length - 2);
}
// Set the content text and class based on the checked values.
if (output == '')
{
content.text(content.attr('empty-message'));
content.addClass('qx-empty-content');
}
else
{
content.text(output);
content.removeClass('qx-empty-content');
}
}
If you click the items you'll notice the dropdown menu appears behind subsequent dropdowns. I've added z-indexes and position relative to every element I can think of.
Just so you understand how to use z-index, never assign a z-index to something unless you want it to be displayed over top of another element. The best practice is not to define a z-index (especially not assigning a value of 0) until you need to. In your example, the class you have after clicking the button (the actual dropdown) should have a z-index of 1 or greater, and nothing else in your document should have any z-index definition. if you have an element with z-index of 1, and then you put another element in the same physical spot with a z-index of 2 -- the container with the higher z-index will overlap the one's with the lower.