[SWFObject] SWF Object and CSS drop menus

[Ben Huson]

Mike,

Just to let you know, I'm using Safari 2.0.3 and the drop down you  
mention below works intermittently over Flash.
See here:

Works OK - http://benhuson.com/temp/dd_flash_1.png
...and sometimes not - http://benhuson.com/temp/dd_flash_2.png

- Ben


On 21 Jun 2006, at 08:16, Michael Ypes wrote:

> Hi Brion
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> 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.
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> If you look at this site ( 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.
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> I will try and remember exactly where I got the drop down menu from.
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> Hope this helps.
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> 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> wrote:
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> swfobject doesn't do anything special in terms of overlaying things  
> over it.
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> if you are using wmode=transparent/opaque and it doesn't work,  
> there's not really anything else you can do.
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> 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.
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> On Jun 20, 2006, at 3:40 PM, Brion Mills wrote:
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> 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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