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Author: BjornSamuels

Date: 22 Jul 2004 10:52 am

I am having a problem getting my SmartMenus to load on top of Flash. I have used the <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> code, and it works in IE, but not in Mozilla or Netscape.

Any suggestions?

Author: smartmenus

Date: 22 Jul 2004 12:49 pm

Unfortunately the embeds and some special OS controls still cause the most serious problem related to DHTML layers in most browsers.

Anyway, to cope with the issue in Mozilla/Netscape you have to also set the wmode attribute in the embed tag in addition to setting the object parameter used by IE. e.g.:

<embed wmode="transparent" ...>

This will work in Mozilla 1.0+ on all platforms (Update: Opera 8 and Safari 1.2 now also support this feature). For more details please take a look at the Macromedia site- --> http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/wmode.htm

Cheers! :)