Z-index not working inside a table if there is an overflow-scroll on container

Question

I\'m having a problem positioning an absolute div outside a table, I\'m not a big fan of table layout but I found an existing project with a table layout. The code is as fol

Answer 1

For z-index to work correctly, every element that has a z-index property must also have any position set ( e.g.position:relative ). Also, I'd assign the table a position and z-index for the two to compare.