DHTML javascipt-based navigation structure and flash: how to set the layer?

[Markus Mohr]

Hi, everybody,

I have developed a very nice javascript-based navigation structure. My
customer wants to have a flash film on his very first site which
already has to have this navigation.
And now the effect: Whenever the flash film is running, the navigation
submenus are not displayed ABOVE this flash film, but BEHIND it.
As far as I have tried, there is no way to influence this behaviour
with the "z-index" and different values.
Is there any other way to make the navigation submenu seen or - in
other words - is there a way to put the flash film "a layer back"?

Sincerely


Markus Mohr

[Martin Honnen]

Re: DHTML javascipt-based navigation structure and flash: how toset the layer?



Markus Mohr wrote:[color=blue]
> I have developed a very nice javascript-based navigation structure. My
> customer wants to have a flash film on his very first site which
> already has to have this navigation.
> And now the effect: Whenever the flash film is running, the navigation
> submenus are not displayed ABOVE this flash film, but BEHIND it.
> As far as I have tried, there is no way to influence this behaviour
> with the "z-index" and different values.
> Is there any other way to make the navigation submenu seen or - in
> other words - is there a way to put the flash film "a layer back"?[/color]

Yes, with IE/Win since I think Flash 6 and with Netscape 7 since I think
Flash Flash 6 r65 you can use
<object ...>
<param name="wmode" value="opaque">
<embed wmode="opaque"
then Flash obeys CSS z-index.
See the demo at

http://home.arcor.de/martin.honnen/javascript/pluginTests/flashWmodeTest.html

Of course the problem is that wmode settings are restricted to Windows
and even there it doesn't work for instance with Opera 7.

--

Martin Honnen

http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Markus Mohr]

Re: DHTML javascipt-based navigation structure and flash: how to set the layer?

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:49:54 +0100, Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yaho o.de>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>
>Markus Mohr wrote:[color=green]
>> I have developed a very nice javascript-based navigation structure. My
>> customer wants to have a flash film on his very first site which
>> already has to have this navigation.
>> And now the effect: Whenever the flash film is running, the navigation
>> submenus are not displayed ABOVE this flash film, but BEHIND it.
>> As far as I have tried, there is no way to influence this behaviour
>> with the "z-index" and different values.
>> Is there any other way to make the navigation submenu seen or - in
>> other words - is there a way to put the flash film "a layer back"?[/color]
>
>Yes, with IE/Win since I think Flash 6 and with Netscape 7 since I think
>Flash Flash 6 r65 you can use
> <object ...>
> <param name="wmode" value="opaque">
> <embed wmode="opaque"
>then Flash obeys CSS z-index.
>See the demo at
>
>http://home.arcor.de/martin.honnen/j...WmodeTest.html
>
>Of course the problem is that wmode settings are restricted to Windows
>and even there it doesn't work for instance with Opera 7.[/color]

Thank you very much, your help brought me immediately to my aim.
Unfortunately, Opera 7 - as you stated -does not do the job.

Sincerely


Markus Mohr