# Z-index - higher z-index loads first...?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/z-index-higher-z-index-loads-first/291959
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**Created:** [July 8, 2009, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/z-index-higher-z-index-loads-first/291959 "2009-07-08T09:34:39Z")
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### Author: ![GGMcGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@GGMcGee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GGMcGee)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/z-index-higher-z-index-loads-first/291959/1 "2009-07-08T09:34:39Z")

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Hi,

I’m aware that an element with a higher z-index value will position itself visually on top of an element with a lower z-index value, however I was wondering…:

When downloading, does a web page load content within an element with higher z-index before it loads content within an element with a lower z-index?

If not, is there any way to tell the browser what part of a web page to load before everything else?

May be a silly sort of question… it sounds like a stretch to me for z-indexes to do this, but I could swear I’ve read it before somewhere.

Was wondering because I have a website with a large-ish background image - around 300kb - and would want the text of the web page to load before the background image.

If not by this method, is doing this possible any other way?