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[_] wmode transparent using SWFObject2.0

Tim Beadle tim.beadle at gmail.com
Thu Jul 10 16:16:10 BST 2008

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Jon Hadley <me at jon-hadley.com> wrote:
> Problem:
> -------------
> Navigational element draws below flash content.
>
>
> Alleged solution:
> -------------------------
> Set param wmode=transparent
>
>
> Result:
> -----------
>
> Works in IE, not in FF3.  FF apparently needs it setting in embed tag
> as well as param.
>
> However, I'm using SWFObject2.0 - how the hell do I add an embed tag
> (it only allows param tags)?

I had a problem where FF3 wouldn't display a Flash movie added using
the rather nifty Shadowbox library. Turns out it was one of my Firefox
addons. I don't know which one, but I know running with a fresh
Firefox profile displayed the Flash movie OK.

Tim