IE-8 iframe and flash object ignores z-index?

Question

I have the following divs and I\'m trying to make the iframe layer infront of my_flash. It\'s a common problem and I\'ve read through all the solutions I could find and sti

Answer 1

Unfortunately, z-index does not affect Flash Player. See this example: http://demos.learnswfobject.com/html-over-swf/dynamic.html (Related tutorial)

In the example linked above, the parent element has position:"relative", and the HTML element has position:"absolute". The SWF doesn't need to have position specified. None of the elements has z-index specified. The SWF needs to have wmode set to either opaque or transparent. wmode:"opaque" is preferred to wmode:"transparent" as transparent is known to cause issues and use much more processing power than opaque.

Try this:

 
     
    
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