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zIndexBoost not working with non-absolute elements on Chrome/Safari

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On Safari and Chrome the zIndexBoost functionality doesn't work if the element you are dragging isn't absolutely positioned.
 
If you drag one of the boxes to the right, you'll find it is underneath the boxes it is being dragged over. I can see that larger z-index values are getting applied, but they don't take effect for some reason that I don't understand.
 
It all works fine in Firefox, but not in Chrome/Safari on OSX and on mobile Safari
 
I've created a CodePen to demonstrate the issue:

 

See the Pen vEPvxb by andynormancx (@andynormancx) on CodePen

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Hello andynormancx, and Welcome to the GreenSock Forum!

 

If you set your CSS for .box elements to position:relative it will work in Chrome and Safari. Setting position relative will not effect your elements unless you also set top, left, right, or bottom properties. Which in your case you don't need to.

 

This is standard in web-kit browsers. Anytime you need to animate anything and need it to work 100% of the time cross-browser. It is recommended  to use either position: absolute or position: relative, so you make sure the elements are positioned outside the flow of the document so they can animate free flowing.

 

Working example (test in Chrome or Safari):

See the Pen VYRqQR by jonathan (@jonathan) on CodePen

 

Happy Tweening! :)

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Welcome to the forums, Andy!

Thanks for the demo. Very helpful.

 

Great work, Jonathan.

 

And just to show that this is CSS behavior (not related to Draggable) here is a super reduced demo: http://codepen.io/GreenSock/pen/xbBmyy?editors=110

 

And for the record, z-index and positioning issues can be really difficult at times. When Jonathan isn't around, I need to reference articles like this: http://philipwalton.com/articles/what-no-one-told-you-about-z-index/

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