Embeded videos in parent float in front of floatbox

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Member
Registered: Dec 2008
Posts: 12
I am really loving floatbox...I hope I'm not pushing the limits :)

Can't believe I'm the first person to post about this...just my luck :shock:
To see this in action:
[url=http://test.4grabs.org/search/show.php?type=FYI&subtype=Blogs&id=1108

In the upper right corner of the screen sign-in as:
testing@forgrabs.com pw: test

Now right below the first video click "Add Your Comment"

See that the embedded videos float over the floatbox.

Not a terribly big problem because the user can move the floatbox to the right out of the way...but I sure would like to put the form on top of everything in the parent if that's possible.
Member
Registered: Dec 2008
Posts: 12
Actually...you don't need to go through all of that to see the problem.

Just click on the link "Contact the Article Author" and see the problem in action.

Notice on the left of the screen the "Feedback" tab.

They do a somewhat floatbox kind of thing. However you'll notice that they hide all of the embedded videos before they stick their element on the screen.
Member
Registered: Dec 2008
Posts: 12
Update...

In Safari3 and FF3 the whole floatbox is behing the floating embedded videos.

In chrome and IE7 the floatbox frame is behind the videos and the floatbox contents is on top of them.

This actually looks pretty cool...but after the coolness wears off it looks like I should get it fixed. 8)
Administrator
Registered: Aug 2008
Posts: 3382
You've set hideFlash to false in the floatbox.js file. You could set this back to true to make the flash disappear while a floatbox is showing. That's what the option is for, to prevent flash from laying on top of the floatboxes.

If you _really_ wanted the flash to keep running behind floatbox, you can set the flashe object's wmode property to "opaque" or "transparent" and then it should stay in it's place. Search on "flash wmode opaque transparent" for details.
Member
Registered: Dec 2008
Posts: 12
:shock: I remember why we did that. It was to turn off the permissions denied error I was getting from the google ad server.

Now I have to choose...hmmm google ads or floatbox?

That's an easy choice for me for the time being.

I'll hope for google ads coming back in the spring. :D
Administrator
Registered: Aug 2008
Posts: 3382
Oh yeah, I forgot about those google ads.
wmode=opaque with hideFlash:false should let you have your cake and eat it too.

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