Cheers for the info I have amended wmode and added z-index as in your msg Still looks fine, but now better I'm sure
Thanks Spender On 13 Mar, 16:32, "Aran Rhee" <[email protected]> wrote: > If you do not need to show elements behind Flash, then it is much better to > use wmode=opaque. It will give you better performance and fewer browser > bugs. > > Also, you do need to remember the z-indexes of the elements. The reason it > is working now without explicit z-index definitions is because of the order > in which your elements are defined in the HTML. > > Cheers, > Aran > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Spender > Sent: Friday, 13 March 2009 6:52 AM > To: SWFObject > Subject: Flash not showing in IE with Drop Down Menu problem > > I am not a coder but came across an issue that I could not find an > answer to - but with a bit of experimentation sorted the following: > > Scenario = > 1. SWF flash image scroller in left column. > 2. Horizontal menu above with javascript drop down sub menu items. > > Problem= > 1. When viewing in FireFox or Opera it works OK > 2. View in Internet Explorer 7 - the drop-down sub menu disappears > behind the flash image scroller > > Solution = > Forget z index > Use SWFObject2 method of displaying 'flash image scroller' but add > <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> > to each object, both outer and inner as below: > > <div> > <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" > width="150" height="112"> > <param name="movie" value="myflashfilename.swf" /><param > name="wmode" value="transparent"> > <!--[if !IE]>--> > <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" > data="myflashfilename.swf" width="150" height="112"><param > name="wmode" value="transparent"> > > <!--<![endif]--> > <p>Alternate Text</p> > <!--[if !IE]>--> > </object> > <!--<![endif]--> > </object> > </div> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
