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fromSmashing Magazine
2 days ago

Dropdowns Inside Scrollable Containers: Why They Break And How To Fix Them Properly - Smashing Magazine

Dropdowns can get clipped inside scrollable panels due to overflow, stacking contexts, and containing blocks.
fromSmashing Magazine
1 month ago

Unstacking CSS Stacking Contexts - Smashing Magazine

Stacking contexts are incredibly useful, but they're also widely misunderstood and often mistakenly created, leading to a slew of layout issues that can be tricky to solve. Have you ever set z-index: 99999 on an element in your CSS, and it doesn't come out on top of other elements? A value that large should easily place that element visually on top of anything else, assuming all the different elements are set at either a lower value or not set at all.
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