Cannot Select Text Inside Z-Index/Position Div - html

Question

I am trying to create a website where I have several divs positioned in-front of a background div by using z-index and position:absolute. This background div will be transformed later into a content carousel so it is vital that its text are selectable. My current code does not allow for the text and link to be selected and I am wondering how would I fix this.
http://jsfiddle.net/6fwf9/2/
HTML:
<div id="header" class="box">header</div>
<div id="bg">
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</div>
<div class="box">content</div>​
CSS:
.box { width: 150px; height:50px; background:aqua; margin:20px; }
#header { margin-bottom: 150px; }
#bg { width:200px; height:200px; padding-top:100px; background:pink;
position:absolute; top:0; z-index:-10;}​
EDIT - Image of what I am trying to achieve: http://imgur.com/r9tYx

Answer 1

Make sure the overlaid elements (.box) don't sit in front of the text content, if they are to be selectable. That means positioning them some other way than by using margins. This example works because the boxes uses absolute positioning: http://jsfiddle.net/2pPKz/
Alternatively, if the background is to become a carousel, couldn't you worry about it when it's actually a carousel, and move it to the front then?

Answer 2

I just saw your picture, This is how I would do it.
<div id="bg">
<div id="container">
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<br>
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</div>
</div>
<div id="header" class="box">header</div>
<div class="box">content</div>
And for the CSS, Please take notes that I put border around the container to show where it is and what is the width and height
.box{
width:150px;
height:150px;
z-index:2;
position:absolute;
background: cyan;
top:150px;
left:20px;
}
#bg{
background-color:pink;
width:200px;
height:170px;
position:absolute;
top:0px;
}
#header{
position:absolute;
width:150px;
height:50px;
left:20px;
top:20px;
z-index:2;
background: cyan;
}
#container{
width:100%;
position:relative;
border:1px solid black;
margin-top:100px;
}
The only thing left is you play with your dimention.
Actualy I put everything absolute exept the container.

Answer 3

It is because the bottom margin of the Header is over the text. I sugest you to change the way you are doing things here. Why don't you just make elements be inside the bg box?
<div id="bg">
<div id="header" class="box">header</div>
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<div class="box">content</div>​
</div>
With static position? Even if you want to use absolute positioning, you could have everything inside the bg div and have it with position:relative, so the elements inside will be positioned absolutely respected to it.

Answer 4

Unfortunately the only way to do what you're trying to do is to split up the background and the text content for the slider.
That means each slide would need to consist of a background div that is absolutely positioned behind the content, and a content div that is absolutely positioned in front of everything else.