How to put a static div on top of an absolute position div?

z-index doesn’t apply to static elements.

According to this page:

This property specifies the stack
level of a box whose position value is
one of absolute, fixed, or relative.

If you make your div relative instead, you can use z-index to determine the order.

position: relative positions the element relative to its default (static) position, so if you don’t specify a top, bottom, left or right then there’ll be no difference between static and relative other than that relative allows you to use z-index to move your element up the stack.

Edit: based on your code sample, here’s a working demo.

Edit 2: based on Nathan D. Ryan’s suggestion in the comments below, you could also apply a negative z-index to your absolutely-positioned div. This would move it behind everything else on the page that didn’t have a lower z-index defined.