[thelist] using z-index so flash gives up focus in ie

[Chris Price]

Thanks everyone.

It does appear that wmode is the beast I was after and I'm much the wiser
now. Very gratifying to have so many responses.

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Chris

On 16 July 2012 17:27, John Dowdell <jdowdell at adobe.com> wrote:

> Try websearch term "WMODE". That's how browser makers set up whether
> embedded content draws direct-to-screen or whether they pipe their content
> into the browser's render buffer. Z-Index came later, and implementations
> of all these initiatives have definitely varied.
>
> jd/adobe
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Chris Price [chris.price at choctaw.co.uk]
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> Subject: [thelist] using z-index so flash gives up focus in ie
>
> Hi
>
> I have a very simple page with a navigation menu and a flash movie and I
> want the drop down menu to appear over the movie.
>
> Simply giving the movie container a lower z-index than the nav works in
> Firefox but doesn't work in IE9.
>
> I've tried applying focus and blur on the movie container and the menu but
> it doesn't work (I suspect the containers don't qualify for blur and
> focus).
>
> I know an 'a' will accept focus but that looks like a very complicated way
> of finding a solution.
>
> Does anyone know why IE doesn't apply the z-index properly?
>
> The page is at http://escendency.com/video (videos can be chosen from the
> menu).
>
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Chris.Price
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0777 629 0227

Design is my native language

Choctaw Media Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales (04627649)