css z-index issue with nested elements

Question

I have 3 HTML elements that I want to order on the z plane:

Answer 1

You can do this by adding z-index only to card class and placing the elements in absolute.

.bank {
  width: 150px;
  background: red;
  height: 150px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}

.card {
  width: 50px;
  background: black;
  height: 50px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 1;
}

.button {
  width: 100px;
  background: blue;
  height: 100px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}