general flash question
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- phatrick
i suppose this is a (sorta) flash question. i'm was wanting to put a flash file on a div layer with a z-index of say 0 (the flash file would have no interactivity -- just some fast motion and shit going on)...then above this i'd have other div layers with higher z-indeces (?) containing normal gifs and such as buttons...now my question is, would this cause some general jickiness in the page's functionality? has anyone tried this and been happy/unhappy with the result?
- stewart0
i've heard that flash always wants to stay on top of everything.
never tried it, but hey, why would i.
- TResudek0
True story.. never heard otherwise. Flash is always on top.
TR
- talltyler0
naturally flash is on top but it can be forced and then it doest render correctly it is just like a movie or a java applet, putting things on top of them make the computer not know what to screen rendering and slows down everything and flashs back and forth because the flash is always being updated.
- kevinv0330
i have seen something like this happen with dhtml drop downs over a flash movie...
- phatrick0
yeah i just did some tests and can't seem to make it play nice...i can understand why it "appears" above the other layers as it's updating, but goodness, what a bully!
- fugged0
sorry, don't have an answer, but it is possible to force flash underneath other content.
e.g: http://www.mcmenamins.com/index.…
rollover the pubs menu item and the drop down menu is on top of the flash movie (the picture with a bed in it)
- runDMB0
To get flash under other content you have to use a parameter called "wmode" and set it to "transparent" when you embed the file. Example below:
It doesn't work with all browsers, but Safari, IE6 and Mozilla 1.0 all seem OK.