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flash (macromedia) : "BoxOver" Javascript obliterating Flash content


SkinnyNate
7/7/2006 10:22:33 PM
I created a box of scrolling text in Flash MX 2004, and placed it into an HTML
page (created in Dreamweaver MX 2004)
I then added a floating mouseover box using the BoxOver Javascript from
http://boxover.swazz.org/
When viewing the page in Firefox, my floating box obliterates the scrolling
text where they overlap, and then the scrolling text box completely disappears
when I hit one of the scroll arrows.
Is there a way to avoid this interference?
Thanks,
Nate
Wolf van Ween
7/8/2006 11:42:11 PM
This looks like a bug in FF. I've had a quick look through the javaScript of
boxover, and it seems to just create additional div elements for the tooltips.
By definition, (active-X) objects should always be above all other elements on
a page, regardless of z-index. That's why sometimes you can use
wmode=transparent.
Firefox seems to get confused what's on top.
And as with the transparency issue, there seems to be no way to get it right
on all browsers all the time.
Sorry
Wolf
SkinnyNate
7/10/2006 2:28:56 PM
Wolf,
Thanks very much for the posting.
I think I've found a simpler and more elegant solution at:
http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/popups/demo.html
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