Within my web application, I have implemented an informational pop-up modal using a <div>
element with the CSS attribute "display" set to "none". To display this modal when needed, a JavaScript code snippet is used to toggle the display attribute.
While this setup works smoothly in most scenarios where the modal is activated, there is one page on the website where an old YUI code triggers a modal through a "YAHOO.widget.Panel" object. In this specific case, I need the informational modal to appear on top of the YUI one when an event is triggered within the YUI modal.
Despite functioning correctly in other browsers, Internet Explorer (IE) poses a challenge by completely hiding the informational modal behind the YUI modal.
Various questions on StackOverflow address CSS-related "z-index" issues in IE, but they mostly focus on layout problems during the initial page load. My issue arises from the fact that the YUI Panel is dynamically created after the page has loaded.
Regardless of how high I set the z-index for my informational modal or instruct YUI to set a lower z-index for its modal, IE consistently gives precedence to the YUI panel due to its later creation.
Are there any effective workarounds for such a scenario, where it is necessary for IE to prioritize the z-index of a <div>
created at page load over one generated through JavaScript post-page load?