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Thread: How to have the Menu overlay a flash move

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Chris Chunn

post date:
2008-02-16 01:40:38
I have the Deamweaver Vertical Menu at the top of my page and I have flash movie just under the menu. So the submenus are displaying under the flash move is there any way to have the submenus lay on top of the flash menu?
Catalin Serban [Extend Studio]

post date:
2008-02-16 04:50:04
Hello,

In order to overlay the menu over the Flash we need to give that swf another parameter: WMODE with the value TRANSPARENT. More about wmode and why to use it can be found on the adobe website.

Why does the Flash movie which should be under the menu dropdowns need to be transparent?
Declaring wmode="transparent? allows you to overlap the movie with other elements on the HTML page. The default mode is available by either choosing not to specify any wmode, or by using wmode="window", but this way all other elements on page that need to overlay you banner will be rendered underneath.
Why is this happening: because by default, with wmode="window", browsers place embedded plug-in content, such as a Flash movie or Java applet, on the topmost layer.

You can also check this adobe tutorial:
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/ts/documents/wmode/transparent_dw.htm

Regards,
Catalin Serban
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