However, I downloaded Spry_1_6_1_022408 and copied the example thumbnails element & content verbatim:

NO ANCHOR TAG. Even if you look in the generated source, there’s no link surrounding the thumbnail image.

So I guess I am unclear as to how to apply your fix? Using the 1.6.1 version, the sample function code you show doesn’t match, nor does it seem to reflect your modifications…

Any ideas? I managed to track down your post about the bug in IE 7 (it exists in IE6, too) [the demo link (http://mad.sweepingdesign.com/index.html) goes to a page that says "It works!"]

The actual article can be found here, though the demo link shows nothing: http://www.sweepingdesign.com/wordpress/2007/11/18/spry-gallery-demo-and-ie7-z-index-bug/

This actually helped me place an absolutely positioned above another absolutely positioned div in IE7. It would have taken me forever to figure out alone.