# \[Composer\] Category chooser is 'above' composer message

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-category-chooser-is-above-composer-message/68704
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [August 24, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-category-chooser-is-above-composer-message/68704 "2017-08-24T15:32:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![xrav3nz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xrav3nz/32/76894_2.png) [@xrav3nz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xrav3nz)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-category-chooser-is-above-composer-message/68704/1 "2017-08-24T15:32:56Z")

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**Reproduction**

Try to trigger a composer message and:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/c/fc93f23dd6dbc9d2bc53d0101929896f9b8cc2aa.png)

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It seems to me that [`.select-box`](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/d52048ad345dd326f6aad16b4b9f5e6e0dc853e0/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/select-box.scss#L13) has a higher `z-index` than [`.composer-popup`](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/d52048ad345dd326f6aad16b4b9f5e6e0dc853e0/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/compose.scss#L35).

###### I will let the experts handle it this time…

/cc @j.jaffeux

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-category-chooser-is-above-composer-message/68704/2 "2017-08-24T15:37:08Z")

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Yes I forgot about this, will fix it thx.

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### Author: ![xrav3nz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xrav3nz/32/76894_2.png) [@xrav3nz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xrav3nz)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-category-chooser-is-above-composer-message/68704/3 "2017-08-24T15:44:43Z")

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No worries and awesome work on the new select-box 👍

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-category-chooser-is-above-composer-message/68704/4 "2017-08-24T17:56:47Z")

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[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f3388043dbc0d508ac3e115cc3682bac11658a88](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f3388043dbc0d508ac3e115cc3682bac11658a88)

Thanks for the bug report @xrav3nz

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-category-chooser-is-above-composer-message/68704/5 "2017-08-24T17:56:51Z")

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