React, z-index for each array element - css

Question

Not long ago here I recieved answer, how increase each img as member of array. Somehow the same principle don't wokrs for z-index (increaced img should lie on top of the rest), though console displays that z-index changed. Why?
class Article extends React.Component{
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = {showIncreaced: null}
this.getImgStyle = this.getImgStyle.bind(this);
this.increase = this.increase.bind(this);
}
increase (incId) {
this.setState({showIncreaced: incId})
}
getImgStyle (id) {
return {
width: '20vw',
marginRight: '0.5vw',
marginLeft: '0.5vw',
zIndex: this.state.showIncreaced === id ? '10' : '0',
transform: this.state.showIncreaced === id ? 'scale(1.5, 1.5)' : 'scale(1, 1)'
};
}
render(){
const TipStyle={
marginBottom: '10px'
}
return(
<div style={TipStyle}>
<h2 style={{marginBottom: '1px'}}>{this.props.name}</h2>
<div>
{[1,2,3].map((id) => {
return <img style={this.getImgStyle(id)} src={this.props[`img${id}`]} onMouseOver={this.increase.bind(this, id)} onMouseOut={this.increase} />
})}
</div>
</div>
);
}
}
https://jsfiddle.net/Nata_Hamster/fbs3m4jL/

Answer 1

add position: 'relative', to the object returned by getImgStyle because z-index works only when postion is set to something else than static (its default value). The easiest way is to use relative because the element is still part of the document flow.
https://jsfiddle.net/fbs3m4jL/7/

Answer 2

This is because the position of your image elements are static by default.
If you update the image position to say position:absolute;, then the zIndex values will work as expected. The catch with this is that you need to position the images with left coordinates so that they sit next to each other. Here is an updated version of getImgStyle that illustrates the concept:
getImgStyle (id) {
return {
position:'absolute', // Set absolute position
left: `${(id-1) * 100}px`, // Calculate a left coordinate for image
width: '20vw',
marginRight: '0.5vw',
marginLeft: '0.5vw',
zIndex: this.state.showIncreaced === id ? '10' : '0',
transform: this.state.showIncreaced === id ? 'scale(1.5, 1.5)' : 'scale(1, 1)'
};
}
Here is a working jsFiddle if you'd like to see it in action