[SWFObject] SWF Object and CSS drop menus

[Geoff Stearns]

well, adobe.com uses a modified version of swfobject, nothing fancy  
there.

if you look at the embed properties, you'll see that they are setting  
their wmode to 'opaque', which allows you to layer things over the  
Flash movie.

You should have a look at how they do their CSS dropdowns - maybe  
there's some code there you could borrow :)


On Jun 28, 2006, at 11:00 PM, ZONE EGG wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> For the Flash file covering the CSS drop down menu problem, is that  
> what you want to achieve, just like the new Adobe homepage?
> http://www.adobe.com/
> You can see the drop down menu covering the flash file.
>
> Can we find any cludes from the adobe homepage?
>
> Cheers,
> IvaN
>
>
>
> On 6/22/06, Brion Keith Mills < brion.keith at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Mike!
>
> I will certainly use this for future reference.
>
>
>  - Brion
>
>
> On 6/21/06, Michael Ypes < michael.ypes at the3rdroom.com> 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
>
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