Re: Multiple Background Images

> I think that the idea of a "background-z-index: foo;" (and associated
> shorthand) property has been suggested

Maybe we should be trying to address a more general need:
Allow multiple elements to occupy the same space, one rendered
over the top of the previous elements that share that space.

...
.top-frame {
  position: shared;
  background:url(top.png);
  background-position:top left;
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  z-index: -2;
}
...
<div style='shared'>stuff</div>
<div class='top-frame'/><div class='right-frame'/>
<div class='bottom-frame'/><div class='left-frame'/>
...

It would be nice to control opacity of these overlapping elements as well.

The downside is of course that this seems to require those extra divs in the
source.  Perhaps there's a good compromise, like

<div class='top-frame right-frame bottom-frame left-frame'> stuff </div>

or something similar associated with a single class.  Ideas?

_-T