On Oct 26, 2010, at 5:09 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> Hi,
> I am working on improving the spatial algorithm in webkit, and I have a 
> problem with positioned elements that do not have a z-index defined.
> If I have 2 elements that are intersecting, I need to find out which element 
> is covering the other. Is it safe to assume that the last element in tree 
> order will cover the previous element, if they have the same z-index? If not, 
> how can I determine which element is covering the other?
> 


The z-order tree in RenderLayer stores the front-to-back ordering of positioned 
elements. Look at the hit-testing code in RenderLayer to see how we use this 
information for hit testing.

Simon


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