[SWFObject] SWF Object and CSS drop menus

[Eric E. Dolecki]

im not using swfobject on my site (yet i dont think) but im doing  
tooltips over flash & it works everywhere except firefox on the PC  
(scrollbars show up on top of the tooltips - firefox bug) - flash  
calls using ExternalInterface to some javascript, etc.

www.ericd.net



On Jun 21, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Michael Ypes wrote:

> I knew about that one, but the pros out weighed the cons and I  
> don't see
> safari as a big enough browser to worry about it. I am sure some of  
> you will
> disagree but at the end of the day if they ain't paying for it to be
> compatible on every single browser then they ain't getting it.
>
> I believe, it is because Safari does not support the wmode tag as  
> other
> browsers do. The only way of getting round it is to hide the flash  
> div when
> displaying the menu which I did not want to do. It is a known bug  
> in safari
> and any google search will show countless problems with it.
>
> E.G.
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=dhtml+over+flash+safari&meta=
> http://www.milonic.com/mfa/2005-July/006251.html
>
> The days of me worrying endlessly about a piece of work not working  
> on a
> minority browser are long gone. And I must say I sleep a lot better  
> at night
> for it :)
>
> Cheers
>
> M
>
> p.s. thanks for letting us know though, I should use this mailing  
> list to
> test all my work, he he.
>
> p.p.s I believe that the Apple Corporation are aware of this bug  
> but haven't
> done anything about it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
> [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Ben Huson
> Sent: 21 June 2006 10:22
> To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] SWF Object and CSS drop menus
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 ) 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Brion K. Mills
>> Web Designer
>> 1105 Media, Inc.
>> 9121 Oakdale Ave.
>> Chatsworth, CA. 91311
>> bmills at 1105media.com
>> (818) 734-1520 x206
>>
>>
>>
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