# Global menu goes behind content below **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [September 9, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883 "2025-09-09T15:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jwDave](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jwdave/32/31841_2.png) [@jwDave](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jwDave)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/1 "2025-09-09T15:36:23Z")
I made my menu a global but now the drop down menus go behind the content below. I cant see how to stop this? ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/2 "2025-09-09T15:58:08Z")
You’ll probably just need to adjust the z-index on your menu. Can you try switching the Z-Index to “Custom” and “31” along with the “Isolation” setting to “Isolate”. ![CleanShot 2025-09-09 at 4 .56.32@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/6/5/65e06328e075a18a105b99a5a01a209e88583ba6.png) If it’s still not working, share your project via Elements Cloud and well take a look at fix it for you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jwDave](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jwdave/32/31841_2.png) [@jwDave](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jwDave)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/4 "2025-09-09T16:30:10Z")
Deleted my last post, cloud upload is working now and project is uploaded. I have only made the menu of the home page global for now. ---
**Author:** ![PLM](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/plm/32/31094_2.png) [@PLM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PLM)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/5 "2025-09-09T16:38:35Z")
Why 31? Magical number? ---
**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/6 "2025-09-09T16:42:06Z")
Containers are 30 ---
**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/7 "2025-09-09T16:55:09Z")
Is there an overview for something like this? That could help clueless users like me be a little less lost in the future. I still haven’t understood how z-index works … ---
**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/8 "2025-09-09T17:04:03Z")
[https://tailwindcss.com/docs/z-index](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/z-index) You can see how content gets stacked, higher the number the higher position in the stack, negative or positive, positive higher a bit more complicated than 31 depends on component and its position ---
**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/9 "2025-09-09T17:11:20Z")
thx ---
**Author:** ![jwDave](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jwdave/32/31841_2.png) [@jwDave](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jwDave)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/10 "2025-09-09T18:16:36Z")
Thanks Dan, I have fixed this, I needed to make the settings you describe to the global and not just to the menu. Thanks again for your amazing support! ---
**Author:** ![jvanodenhoven](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jvanodenhoven/32/26406_2.png) [@jvanodenhoven](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jvanodenhoven)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/11 "2025-12-02T21:30:28Z")
i have this ‘sudden’ problem with a drop-down in the menu hiding from the picture below. Can you have a look a this please… kinda desperate now 😉 elementsapp://downloadDocument/Si4UaT9yoiLo ---
**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/12 "2025-12-02T21:49:24Z")
@jvanodenhoven One way of doing it, if the menu was outside your navigation container your settings would work, the container needed z-31 ---
**Author:** ![jvanodenhoven](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jvanodenhoven/32/26406_2.png) [@jvanodenhoven](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jvanodenhoven)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-menu-goes-behind-content-below/50883/13 "2025-12-03T08:35:54Z")
Thanks a lot, Steve, for helping me out! I really appreciate it — I was going round in circles.