How do I correctly control stacking ordered of my divs using z-index?

If your z-index setting is being ignored you might need to add position property, set it to relative or whatever it needs to be. I'm pretty sure z-index is ignored if position property is not set.

I think you'll find that you are trying to hack your way around a fundamental markup issue. THe usual way to do ul based drop downs is this.

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