[SWFObject] SWF Object and CSS drop menus

[Brion Keith Mills]

Thanks Mike!

I will certainly use this for future reference.


 - Brion

On 6/21/06, Michael Ypes <michael.ypes at the3rdroom.com> wrote:
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>  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
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> 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
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> Thanks for your promt response!
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> 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.
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> Here is the URL I'm working on:
> http://65.115.104.39/1105Media/index_v3.html
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>  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,
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> Let me first start off by both thanking and congradulating you on your
> success with swfObject.
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> 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?
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> Thanks again for all of your hard work!
>
> Brion
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