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Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus, How can they play nicely together?

cyberscribe	9 Jun, 2003 - 05:54 PM Post #1
humble.genius Joined: 5 May, 2002 Posts: 1,062 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 154 My Contributions	Hi, I have an embedded Flash object under some DHTML menus. The problem is that when the menus roll out, the are under the Flash object. I have tried setting the z-index of the object, and even span/div/table elements to try to encapsulate the Flash object way down (the DHTML menu is z-index:1). Any ideas on how to get the menus to roll out IN FRONT of the Flash object? Thanks in advance. CS
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Red93CobraR	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 9 Jun, 2003 - 06:31 PM Post #2
Unregistered	You can't. I've tried several times myself. I'd build the whole site out of flash instead of mixing the two if that will work for you.
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pioSko	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 9 Jun, 2003 - 11:05 PM Post #3
still.dreaming Joined: 6 Jun, 2003 Posts: 1,888 Thanked: 4 times Dream Kudos: 225 My Contributions	I don't think it is possible. I've tried as well and failed. I don't know if it is the same thing as I have encountered with Quicktime movies and Macromedia Director... but, since Flash is made by Macromedia then it's quite possible. In Director, when you place on the stage a quicktime movie, no matter what layer/level you place it in, it always goes to the front. And there is nothing you can do about it. I think it's a Macromedia thing more than DHTML... They're probably working on it but, this "bug" has been in Director for a while.
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Cookie Mobster	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 10 Jun, 2003 - 09:09 AM Post #4
nooneenooneenooonee Joined: 12 Oct, 2001 Posts: 4,723 Dream Kudos: 18 My Contributions	in your html page change the flash options and attributes of window type to this: <param NAME=wmode VALUE=opaque> THe default is to display the object in it's own "windows" over all other html datta, by setting it to opaque the movie become more of a html layer!
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cyberscribe	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 10 Jun, 2003 - 02:49 PM Post #5
humble.genius Joined: 5 May, 2002 Posts: 1,062 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 154 My Contributions	Hi Cookie, Thanks -- I tried this but it didn't work. I have set the menu layers to z-index:1 and the Flash object to z-index:-1. Still the menus load behind the Flash object. See: http://www.peakepro.com/default_dev.php -- maybe I missed something? -CS This post has been edited by cyberscribe: 10 Jun, 2003 - 02:51 PM
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Cookie Mobster	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 10 Jun, 2003 - 03:07 PM Post #6
nooneenooneenooonee Joined: 12 Oct, 2001 Posts: 4,723 Dream Kudos: 18 My Contributions	add: wmode="opaque" you your embed tag... I tested you page after making that alteration and It is working fine in mozilla now (it was working fine in IE before)
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cyberscribe	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 10 Jun, 2003 - 04:05 PM Post #7
humble.genius Joined: 5 May, 2002 Posts: 1,062 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 154 My Contributions	Thanks, cookie -- this did the trick. Most impressive. -CS
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pioSko	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 10 Jun, 2003 - 11:24 PM Post #8
still.dreaming Joined: 6 Jun, 2003 Posts: 1,888 Thanked: 4 times Dream Kudos: 225 My Contributions	Does this work with jpg's, too? So that an image covers flash??
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Cookie Mobster	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 11 Jun, 2003 - 09:27 AM Post #9
nooneenooneenooonee Joined: 12 Oct, 2001 Posts: 4,723 Dream Kudos: 18 My Contributions	It will work with anything... you just have to set the flash as an opique object, and it behaves like a JPEG image or something, you can overlay and whatever. That is also what they do foe the transparent flash backgrounds.
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megamu	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 22 Jun, 2003 - 09:28 PM Post #10
Information Designer Joined: 13 May, 2001 Posts: 1,826 My Contributions	Heres what it looks like XHTML happy: <object style="content" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/load.swf?path=%2Fprojects%2Fwhereare%2Fmanboy.swf" width="433" height="300" wmode="opaque"> <param name="item" value="/load.swf?path=%2Fprojects%2Fwhereare%2Fmanboy.swf" /> <param name=wmode value="opaque"> </object> read up here for some great tips on keeping validators and browsers happy: http://www.alistapart.com/stories/flashsat...atay/discuss/4/
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cyberscribe	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 10 Jul, 2003 - 04:49 PM Post #11
humble.genius Joined: 5 May, 2002 Posts: 1,062 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 154 My Contributions	More info on this: Macromedia recommends wmode=transparent: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts...h_top_layer.htm with a transparent background: http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts...ments/wmode.htm Which is supported on: Internet Explorer 3 or higher (Windows) Internet Explorer 5.1* and 5.2* (Macintosh) Netscape 7.0* Mozilla 1.0 or higher* AOL* CompuServe*
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niq	RE: Embedded Flash Object And Dhtml Menus 20 Oct, 2004 - 10:09 PM Post #12
New D.I.C Head Joined: 20 Oct, 2004 Posts: 1	I'm trying to get a drop-down menu to appear over a quicktime movie - similar to described above with flash. I've seen this code work for flash, but haven't had any luck getting a drop-down to appear over quicktime. Any ideas?
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