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Gotta bit of a problem, I have a DHTML menu, but it is always positioned behind these little Flash movies positioned on the page. I gave the menu a high z-index, but to no avail. Anyone no of a way to trick flash to stay behind the menu?

-Z

Ever try it with pudding?

Hi Billy Bob, welcome

I'm afraid there's no quick-and-easy solution to that problem as Flash movies and other ActiveX objects are always displayed on top of the rest of the page, no matter which z-index you set.

Also see this thread from a few weeks ago:
http://www.ozoneasylum.com/Forum2/HTML/001743.html

kuckus (cell #282)

DOH! Alright. Well, thanks for your help. Looks like I'll have one disappointed boss. hehe

Ever try it with pudding?

This seems to come up quite a bit so I started a FAQ on this:
http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/819/

add any relevant bits you might think fit in.

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

http://mojavelinux.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=127 is a javascript tooltip package that uses the method of removing any offending elements from a page before displaying the tooltip (or menu inn this case)

It works for select boxes, wouldn't know about flash.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/wmode.htm

in case your boss is looking for viable alternatives, he can have a menu that expands by 'sliding down' instead of expanding out.

good luck!

thanks dmbohiost, I used the <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> and my dhtml menu shows over top of my flash movie. Yupee!!
It only seems to work in IE though. good for now.

zippy - i take it that you are 'billy bob'?

lol, nope. actually I was fighting the same issue just today and discovered this forum. I hope that billy bob will find the solution too.

dmbohiost your link was the answer i was looking for. gracias me amigo