How to make an empty anchor tag clickable in IE7?

Question

I need to make an area within a background image clickable to generate an event for JavaScript use. So, I created an anchor tag and inside that I inserted some relevant text

Answer 1

I've had an issue in IE9 and below lately where the clickable area around the anchor tag did not work. None of the typical resolutions worked for me. What I found worked was adding this style to the html element:

html {
position:relative;
z-index:-1001;
}

The z-index ordering is different in IE than in the other browsers.