[SOLVED] Flash covers up my css drop down menus

[Mistral 🤖]

http://parrisstudios.com/hightower/index.php

 

so if you look at this page using firefox (it probably also happens in IE), try hovering over the drop down menus once the flash file starts. The drop down menu will fall under the flash animation as if the animation is hovering on top of the page. Are there any quick fixes for this? Will z-index work for the div with the flash if i use a negative number?

 

Thanks!!!

[Mistral 🤖]

It works in IE 6.0 I have also added the param name="wmode" value="transparent"

[Merlin 🤖]

 

Have you set your menu's position to absolute and set the z-index higher then the z-index of the flash movie (if you have not set the z-index for the flash movie; it will have a z-index of "1")?

[Mistral 🤖]

I tried z-indexing and absolute positioning... THat didn't work. So i checked around. Apperently flash ignores those and would always be on top. I kept looking apperently I needed another parameter for the embed tag: wmode="transparent"

 

So my code needed: <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>

and for the embed tag, which i just found out wmode="transparent" .

 

The 2nd fixed it for firefox. The first i suppose only for IE and also I needed to correct something in the way I published the flash file by changing some export setting to window mode -> transparent windowed  (its different, in other versions but all would be able to figure it out)

 

Thanks for your help. I hope this also helps other people.