Charts appear in front of date picker, help messages, developer buttons

In Apex 4.1, with Internet Explorer, if we have charts on the form, objects like date-pickers, help text, etc. appear behind the chart. They pop up (or drop down) in front of the chart's region, but behind the chart. So if I have a search criteria region at the top, and a chart region below it, if the chart is displayed, and the user clicks on the date picker, then the date picker pops up, but any portion of it that should overlap with the chart itself is hidden behind the chart, so the users cannot click on a date later in the month.
Also, if there is help text provided for an item in the search criteria region, then the help text pop-up box appears partially or completely behind the chart (though in front of the chart's region.
You can also see this with the developer's buttons at the bottom of the screen - they stay in front of the regions, but behind any chart.
Is there a way to fix this?
I can get around the date picker if I choose the Classic Date Picker, but I don't know how to get around the other items.
Thanks!

Maybe it is just because there is no space enough to display both month and year. Is it possible to increase the width of the calendar box ?
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This may not be the most direct approach to the solution. But, none the less, it is a solution.
For those other novices, like myself, I hope this can be useful at some point in your development:
MY DESIRED RESULT:
A. To Insert into another tablle values derived from both; Page Item (i.e. P153_x) and Attributes of a Row in an Updatable Report from which I have selected the Date-Picker.
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Well, I hope this may help someone else like me.
I usually arrive at my solutions by getting help here on the Discussion Forum and also Google. Google inevitably points me to a previous Apex Discussion Forum session.
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