formatting problems with overlapping elements

[sir-knight]

the browser: Mozilla suite or FireFox

the url:

http://dreamers-ink.ca/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4


I'm having problems with some css layering. Elements of the coppermine interface are being obscured by the alpha of the transparent png. (not able to click through the alpha channel)  I've identified the classes controlling the menus I want to move


in style.css of my coppermine theme

<td class="tableh1" colspan="4">
<td class="sortorder_cell">


and in my joomla theme:
<div id="floater">


What I need to do is to pop all the controls on coppermine on top of the floater z-index. I'm having a problem inserting

position: absolute; (or relative)
z-index: 6;

into style.css

When I insert it, they don't seem to move the items ontop of everything.

Is this a limitation set because a previous ID/class has already had a z-index defined that coppermine is inheriting? It is possible that joomla elements may have z-indexes already declared. Is there a way to accomplish this?

[sir-knight]

nevermind... fixed, there was a wrong size designated on the overlapping layer.