CSS DropDown Menu getting distorted over SWF

[trowley]

Hey:

 

I have a css drop down menu that overlays a swf and at the edge of the swf movie, the menu gets distorted a bit. Any reason for this? work-arounds?

 

Thanks!

[falkencreative]

Usually that's fixed by adding

 

<param name="wmode" value="transparent">

to the object tag and

 

wmode="transparent"

to the embed tag.

 

Otherwise, do a search or two for "flash appearing over javascript menu" or similar -- it's a common problem.

[trowley]

Thanks for the reply! I'll try that

[sarina28]

I had the same issue with a flash gallery and a tooltip. Making the gallery background transparent worked for me.

[Wickham]

Otherwise, do a search or two for "flash appearing over javascript menu" or similar -- it's a common problem.

 

That could be a slightly different problem as trowley said I have a css drop down menu that overlays a swf which implies that it's working to show the drop down over the flash but has some other distortion problem.

 

If the dropdown menu disappears behind the flash, I find that adding position: relative; z-index: -1; to the flash parent div and also the transparent codes listed above and position: relative; z-index: 1; to the menu parent div solves it.