Posted by Jim Higson on 06/24/06 12:43

kyle.elektriksheep@gmail.com wrote:

> Easier to explain with a pic:
>
> http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5192/untitled4wh.jpg
>
> I'm using tables (i know, css is better) to format a section of a
> website that requires both a dhtml menu (made with sothink if it
> matters) and a flash banner. I can't get the dhtml menu to render
> itself on top of the flash object, any idea why? thanks.

Is this so on all browsers or just one?

Probably, the browser just gives up that region of the screen to the plugin
to draw on top of the HTML renderer and doesn't put it into the normal
render order.

I don't know this for a fact, but seems the most likely way these things
would be implemented.

It shouldn't matter if it is DHTML or static HTML, it all goes through the
same renderer in the end. You could try setting up a simple test page with
two elements - a flash object and an image, say - and see if you can get
the image to appear over the flash and then work it from there.

--
Jim

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