{"id":176,"date":"2020-03-17T10:06:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T08:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=176"},"modified":"2026-07-24T11:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:50:01","slug":"how-to-use-z-index-in-elementor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/how-to-use-z-index-in-elementor\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Z-Index in Elementor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Z-Index property specifies the stack order of elements. An element with greater stack order will always be in front of an element with a lower stack order (i.e. an element with a Z-index of 10 will be on top of (in front of) an element with a Z-index of 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can set the stack order for any <strong>V4 element<\/strong> under <strong>Position > Z-Index<\/strong>, located within the <strong>Style<\/strong> tab:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"909\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/z-index.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/z-index.png 909w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/z-index-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/z-index-768x714.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>V3 widgets<\/strong>, you can adjust the z-index under <strong>Advanced > Layout > Z-Index<\/strong>:<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"753\" class=\"wp-image-169983\" style=\"width: 280px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/z-index-v3-widget.png\" alt=\"z-index v3 widget\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/z-index-v3-widget.png 298w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/z-index-v3-widget-112x300.png 112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to use Z-Index to specify the stack order of elements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["65ba3bc4e55be8deaa0caadf"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1437],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-widgets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Use Z-Index in Elementor | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn everything about Use Z-Index in Elementor in this article from Elementor&#039;s Knowledge Base. 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