{"id":222,"date":"2020-04-17T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=222"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T13:05:21","slug":"my-widget-is-being-covered-up-by-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/my-widget-is-being-covered-up-by-something-else\/","title":{"rendered":"My widget is being covered up by something else"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Issue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One element is on top of, or under, another element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adjust The Z-Index<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to change the Z-index of one of the elements. For example, if your menu is being hidden by an image that is displayed on top of the menu dropdown, you have a Z-index problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/file-2swE2FwrBp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/file-2swE2FwrBp.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/file-2swE2FwrBp-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/file-2swE2FwrBp-768x285.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this you simply need to adjust the Z-index value of one of the element\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the element\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Advanced\u00a0<\/strong>tab.<br>[callout type=&#8221;note&#8221;]You can access a hidden element using the Structure window. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/navigator\/\">Use page structure to navigate your page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make the Z-index lower or higher to move the layer below or above the other element, as needed.<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"632\" class=\"wp-image-53367\" style=\"width: 280px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Z-Index.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Z-Index.png 568w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Z-Index-133x300.png 133w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Z-Index-454x1024.png 454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See Also<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/how-to-use-z-index-in-elementor\/\">How to use Z-Index in Elementor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to adjust Z-Index to place one widget on top of another<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["62c6c68476164780a6038e28"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2224],"tags":[1325],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-troubleshooting","tag-troubleshooting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My widget is being covered up by something else | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn everything about My widget is being covered up by something else in this article from Elementor&#039;s Knowledge Base. 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