[SWFObject] Making the whole Flash file a link

Sun Jul 30 21:35:05 PDT 2006

Sorry for the extra post.

I thought I'd investigate this a bit more as its got my interest. You can
get around the cursor issue with the below. (tested in firefox/IE6, but I'm
not sitting in front of a mac right now, so no safari tesing etc...)

<style type="text/css">
	div.linkdiv {cursor:pointer;}
</style>

<body>
<div class="linkdiv" onclick="javascript:location='http://some.com'"
id="adiv">
... stuff goes here ...
</div>
</body>

BTW - you might want to check to make sure the flash has been written before
applying the link to your <div>

Cheers,
Aran  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com 
> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Aran Rhee
> Sent: Monday, 31 July 2006 2:24 PM
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] Making the whole Flash file a link
> 
> Drew.
> 
> I think you might need a transparent GIF on top (or another 
> flash file etc) to place the link on to. I could be wrong, 
> but I don't think you can't make a <DIV> or <td> etc a link.
> 
> You can do this though :)
> 
> <div onclick="javascript:location='http://some.com'" 
> id="linkdiv"> ... stuff goes here ...
> </div>
> 
> Only problem is you don't get a link cursor....
> 
> 
> Duncan - I don't think Drew has access to the original flash 
> file, but as you suggested, you could have a flash movie with 
> just the button in it and pass the URL param to the button 
> movie on top. 
> 
> 
> Aran
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
> > [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of drew
> > Sent: Monday, 31 July 2006 2:00 PM
> > To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> > Subject: Re: [SWFObject] Making the whole Flash file a link
> > 
> > Thanks for the reply Aran. (And thanks Geoff for stemming the tide 
> > that my query unfortunately triggered ... :-)
> > 
> > I would normally put the link in the Flash file, but the 
> flash file in 
> > this case is from our marketing company, and I want to be 
> able to set 
> > it to point to wherever I like just using a normal URL, rather than 
> > having to get them to alter the Flash file each time.
> > 
> > I have tried wrapping the whole "flashcontent" div in an <a 
> href=...> 
> > tag, but that didn't work, probably because it's illegal in HTML (I 
> > suspect)...
> > 
> > Another div floating above the "flashcontent" div, with the link 
> > attached to that?? hmm, I'll try it.
> > 
> > Drew
> > 
> > On 7/31/06, Aran Rhee <aran.rhee at qdc.net.au> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Drew.
> > >
> > > This is usually accomplished inside the flash movie with an
> >  invisible button etc.
> > >
> > > You could also do it with a layer above the flash using  
> <div> etc.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Aran
> > >
> > >
> > >    ________________________________
> >    From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
> > [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Drew 
> > Robinson
> > > Sent: Monday, 31 July 2006 12:22 PM
> > > To:    swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> > > Subject: [SWFObject] Making the whole    Flash file a link
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi    people,
> > >
> > > Is there a way I    can pass in some variable to make the 
> > whole flash file a link to a    url??
> > >
> > > (Sorry if this    question has been answered, I did search 
> > the list archives, but couldn't find    any relevant results 
> > for "make link" etc.)
> > >
> > > Thanks in    advance,
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