[SWFObject] SWF Object and CSS drop menus

[Mike Palmer]

Hi Michael,

I know this may be a bit off-topic, but if I right-click on the 
menu-items in FF 1.5.0.4, the menu items seem to get wider. Just letting 
you know.

Cheers,

Mike

Michael Ypes wrote:
>
> Hi Brion
>
> I had to do exactly the same thing a while back and I got it to work 
> fine. What I did find however is that not all the cross browser 
> (supposedly) compliant js dropdowns worked cross browser. As Geoff 
> said it probably isn’t a problem with the swfobject but more with the 
> js code.
>
> If you look at this site ( http://www.ellesco.co.uk 
> <http://www.ellesco.co.uk/> ) it does exactly what you want. Feel free 
> to rip it out and use it. The drop down is done using bullet lists 
> aswell so it is search engine friendly. Can’t quite remember where I 
> got it from but it is a well known drop down solution which I have got 
> working over flash.
>
> I will try and remember exactly where I got the drop down menu from.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers
>
> M
>
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> *From:* swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com 
> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] *On Behalf Of *Brion 
> Keith Mills
> *Sent:* 20 June 2006 22:38
> *To:* swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> *Subject:* Re: [SWFObject] SWF Object and CSS drop menus
>
> Thanks for your promt response!
>
> I /am/ using wmode=transparent. The browser in question is IE6 on 
> Virtual PC -- although I imagine it is no different on an actual PC.
>
> Here is the URL I'm working on: 
> http://65.115.104.39/1105Media/index_v3.html
>
> On 6/20/06, *Geoff Stearns* < geoff at deconcept.com 
> <mailto:geoff at deconcept.com>> wrote:
>
> swfobject doesn't do anything special in terms of overlaying things 
> over it.
>
> if you are using wmode=transparent/opaque and it doesn't work, there's 
> not really anything else you can do.
>
> flash has always been really finicky when it comes to overlaying 
> things, it just depends on the browser and what you are placing on top 
> of it.
>
> On Jun 20, 2006, at 3:40 PM, Brion Mills wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello Geoff,
>
> Let me first start off by both thanking and congradulating you on your 
> success with swfObject.
>
> I am contacting you regarding an issue that was brought up in your 
> "Why don't you use FlashObject?" post.
>
> In the comments section, a user addressed the problems with Flash 
> transparency. I implemented your suggestion to place the fo.write 
> after all of the parameters. I did that and it worked partially.
>
> I am using a CSS drop menu, with a touch of javascript. FF of course 
> doesn't cause any issues. However, IE6 doesn't agree with this at all. 
> Upon rolling over the menu, the flash movie still forces the menu 
> items behind it. I have tried a number of z-index solutions with no 
> success.
>
> If you have the time, could you please show me a contextual example of 
> how this should work?
>
> Thanks again for all of your hard work!
>
> Brion
>
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