Safari Flash WMODE not working - anything wrong with this embed?
Solution 1
Can you post a link to an example page of what you are trying to accomplish?
I have set up a demo using your code and a bit of content here: http://demo.raleighbuckner.com/so/1270978/
Not knowing how your other content is set up, I chose to put the flash element in a <div> and the content in a separate <div>. The flash container is absolutely positioned to pull it out of the page flow and allow the content to move over it.
I also added another test to the page with the wmode set to "transparent".
Here's what I see in IE7, FF3 and Safari 4 with Flash Player 10:
- Both content areas appear above the flash.
- The top flash does not let the page background show through.
- The bottom flash lets the page background show through.
If you see the same, then there is most likely something else in your HTML that is throwing things off. Post a link to your page and I'll see what I can figure out.
If you do not see the same, then there could be something borked with your Safari and/or Flash Player.
Solution 2
Nothing will happen after upgrading your browser or flash player. In safari the
wmode = "transparent"
will not let you insert any text in the input field. You have to keep the wmode = "window/opaque"
. There is no other solutions.
My safari version is 5.1 and flash 11.2.202.333.
MrFidge
Updated on June 04, 2022Comments
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MrFidge almost 2 years
I've got a problem with this embed in Safari. It works just fine on all other browsers, Internet Explorer 6 included. The problem is that the embed seems to jump to the very top layer, ignoring all z-index or positioning statements. This is important, because several HTML design features are overlayed on the Flash.
This embed was written to work with SWFobject, but still doesn't work when:
- swfobject disabled
- wmode = transparent/opaque/removed entirely
Is this a problem with Safari or the code? And if it's the code then what does Safari do differently to all the other browsers?
<object id="Flash_Banner" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="950" height="400" title=""> <param name="movie" value="ui.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="wmode" value="opaque" /> <!--[if !IE]>--> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="ui.swf" width="950" height="400" title=""> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="wmode" value="opaque" /> <!--<![endif]--> <div id="banner_slider"><img src="images/banners/case.jpg" width="950" height="400" alt="" /></div> <!--[if !IE]>--> </object> <!--<![endif]--> </object>
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MrFidge over 14 yearsLatest safari install has corrected the error - seems to be a bug.