Donovan Kennedy

I've created a fiddle to demonstrate the problem: http://jsfiddle.net/Zwr7s/ Looks to be when the parent has both absolute positioning and a z-index. UPDATE - actually, it happens whether the parent...

Thanks for the quick update, but I've got two problems: 1) it doesn't work for a parent with position: fixed 2) it looks like you're removing the z-index of the...

I think I have solved this with the alternative approach suggested by @tvpmb - take a look at https://github.com/Dozyatom/guide.js Basically, I surround the element, rather than try raise it above...

https://github.com/Dozyatom/guide.js - still some outstanding issues, but does demonstrate the principle