CSS and Flash

[Masetek]

I learnt something today.

When when u create css drop down menus they dont layer over flash movies. This is very annoying since I have a site with a horizontal nav and a flash movie below.

Does anyone know (apart from not using flash!) a way around this?

[James]

Try messing around with your z-indexes--there's the chance that your embedding code includes the code to put it in the index above the navigational menu.

[agua]

What system and browser are you using?

I know that ie had a problem with this, and also macs.

I can't remember if the 2 were related though.

[Masetek]

What system and browser are you using?

PC and Firefox or course

I'l have a pay around with z-indexes and see how I go

cheers

[mark1]

yup and when you see that stuff happening on msn or yahoo it makes you wonder...

[deronsizemore]

Try messing around with your z-indexes--there's the chance that your embedding code includes the code to put it in the index above the navigational menu.

Yeah I think that's all you need to do.

[agua]

PC and Firefox or course

Uh... that stuffs up my solution then

The 2 were related - there used to be a problem a while ago using an old ie on the mac exactly as you described.

[! search-engines-]

The only time this was ever observed in a WEbsite - was when the programmer used TWO OnCALL scripts - one to pull down the Menus Onmouseover - and a second to simultaneously "HIDE" the flash in the DIV

But that strategy may not be practcal for all Websites

of course as a last resort - one could make the menus FLASH - that works
but depending on the Flash SCRIPT being used - the Links are not always spidered by Search Engines