Background scrolling along with swf in FF when wmode set to transparent
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Elemental
Aug 26, 2011, 10:39:53 PM8/26/11
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Hello,
I looked for something similar but to be honest not knowing what to look for, how to search for it, what terms to use, can be a headache.
I have an embedded SWF where I'm loading four other, smaller, swf's. They load without a hitch and even the alternative content works as well; however, all was good in the state of Denmark and then...
I applied the <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> to both <object> tags, IE was fine with this but FF was not, is not.
I'll do my best to explain it, I have no place to upload it to at present:
I've added the JavaScript link between the <head> tags, and I've registered it, as required.
The SWF resides within several <div> tags, could this cause it to behave that why?
In FF, when you get to the SWF section and scroll, either using the wheel or the scrollbar, the background, everything behind the swf, scrolls as well, it sort of jumps as you scroll and then resets itself. It's as if that section of the html page, what's right under it, had been loaded into the swf itself. This only happens in FF and only when I'm at that section, where the swf is; not before or after.
Not sure if this is enough info, please let em know, I'll paste the whole thing if I need to.
Any ideas what could be causing this
Peace,
Elemental
I looked for something similar but to be honest not knowing what to look for, how to search for it, what terms to use, can be a headache.
I have an embedded SWF where I'm loading four other, smaller, swf's. They load without a hitch and even the alternative content works as well; however, all was good in the state of Denmark and then...
I applied the <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> to both <object> tags, IE was fine with this but FF was not, is not.
I'll do my best to explain it, I have no place to upload it to at present:
I've added the JavaScript link between the <head> tags, and I've registered it, as required.
The SWF resides within several <div> tags, could this cause it to behave that why?
In FF, when you get to the SWF section and scroll, either using the wheel or the scrollbar, the background, everything behind the swf, scrolls as well, it sort of jumps as you scroll and then resets itself. It's as if that section of the html page, what's right under it, had been loaded into the swf itself. This only happens in FF and only when I'm at that section, where the swf is; not before or after.
Not sure if this is enough info, please let em know, I'll paste the whole thing if I need to.
Any ideas what could be causing this
Peace,
Elemental
Aran Rhee
Aug 27, 2011, 12:25:20 PM8/27/11
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Welcome to the lovely bug filled world of wmode=transparent.
I avoid this setting if at all possible due to the various issue which happen when you set this mode. There are numerous browser bugs going back years which have not been addressed.
Unless you TRUELY need to show the content that is behind your swfs THROUGH them, I would suggest you do not use this methodology.
I don;t know what you page looks like or what effect you are trying to achieve, but you might find it easier to rethink how the page works, as there isn't anything you can really do about the way a browser redraws/rednders or resizes its content.
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Elemental
Aug 28, 2011, 3:46:11 AM8/28/11
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Misterhee,
Thanks for the reply; it's good to know that I'm not seeing things...
I can change it. I have a background image, top left, that I wanted to show through, it would have been nice but ... At least one browser will show it the way it was intended; other than FF and IE I haven't checked the other two, Opera and Safari; who knows they might surprise me.
Peace, and thanks again
Elemental
Thanks for the reply; it's good to know that I'm not seeing things...
I can change it. I have a background image, top left, that I wanted to show through, it would have been nice but ... At least one browser will show it the way it was intended; other than FF and IE I haven't checked the other two, Opera and Safari; who knows they might surprise me.
Peace, and thanks again
Elemental
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