I\'ve want to achieve the following:
The following images are what I can do right now, but that\'s NOT what I want.
Sample of code I have right now
You cannot achieve the desired solution with CSS z-index either, as z-index is only relative to the parent element. So if you have parents A and B with respective children a and b, b's z-index is only relative to other children of B and a's z-index is only relative to other children of A.
The z-index of A and B are relative to each other if they share the same parent element, but all of the children of one will share the same relative z-index at this level.