Flash Site Design - Z-Index Layers

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Z-Index Layers

rowby

2007-01-30, 9:29 am

HI

I have a flash movie and I need to cover a portion of it with a HTML Layer
(specifically using Dreamweaver layers.

I have tried adjusting the Z-Index, but the Flash movie always ends up on top
of the layer.

How do I force Flash NOT to be the top layer?

Thanks

Rowby

Marghoob Sulemaan

2007-01-30, 9:29 am

you can add following element in between <Object>...</Object> tag in html.

<Object ..............>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
...
....
....
</Object>

ggshow

2007-01-30, 9:30 am

Marghoob Sulemaan>
to avoid flash users ask about the white border, click to activate, active
content problem on MSIE, i suggest we start answer question based on
AC_FL_RunContent script.

AC_FL_RunContent(
'codebase',
'https://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,
0,0,0',
...
...
'wmode', 'transparent',
...
...
);

Newt99

2007-01-31, 6:15 pm

Marghoob Sulemaan is right. But only use the transparent wmode if you need
transparency (like rounded borders or see through) as it is more CPU intensive.
Otherwise, use the opaque wmode if you only want to display layers on top of
Flash (check adobe.com HTML source on any page with Flash).

If you still have problems (namely, with IE6), you can put the SWF in a
container layer then hide it (visibility: hidden) at the beginning then show it
after a short while (visibility: visible).

Best regards,
Karl Sigiscar.

rowby

2007-01-31, 6:15 pm

Thanks Karl,

Those additonal tips will go into my flash bag-O-tricks.

Rowby