following up - here is the code I am trying to get layer 3 - which is under layer 2 - to be wider
layer 1 is longer and to the left of both thanks, Raumin Dehghan css code: /* CSS Document */ #Layer1 { position: absolute; border: thin solid #333333; z-index: 1; top: auto; left: 15px; } #Layer2 { position: absolute; border: thin solid #333333; z-index: 1; left: 240px; top: -1px; width: auto; height: auto; } #Layer3 { height: auto; width: auto; border: thin solid #333333; position: absolute; left: 240px; top: 235px; } #overall { position:absolute; width: 726px; height: 970px; top: auto; border: thin solid #333333; left: auto; } #masthead { border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: #333333; border-right-color: #333333; border-bottom-color: #333333; border-left-color: #333333; } #globalNav { border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: #333333; border-right-color: #333333; border-bottom-color: #333333; border-left-color: #333333; } #pagecell { height: auto; width: auto; top: 150px; position: absolute; } /****end*******/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/