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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">z-index</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">4</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span> CSS <span class="emphasis">2</span></td>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="description"><p>For a positioned element, this sets the stacking order relative to
other elements within the same parent container. See Chapter 4 for details on relationships of element
layering amid multiple containers.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="csssyntax"><span class="title">CSS Syntax</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>z-index: <span class="replaceable">integer</span> | auto</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td><p>Any integer value. A value of <span class="literal">auto</span> is the same as
a value of zero. When all elements in the same parent container have
the same <span class="literal">z-index</span> value, the stacking order is
determined by element source code order.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="initvalue"><span class="title">Initial Value</span></td>
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					<td><p><span class="literal">auto</span></p>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="example"><span class="title">Example</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>div#instrux {position: absolute; left: 50; top: 70; z-index: 2}</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="appliesto"><span class="title">Applies To</span></td>
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					<td><p>Positioned elements.</p>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="objectmodelreference"><span class="title">Object Model Reference</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>[window.]document.getElementById("<span class="replaceable">elementID</span>").style.zIndex </pre>
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