safari browser bug - flash, jquery, html layers

[ednj69]

hello,

the issue i am encountering is that i have a hidden html layer sliding over a flash navigation bar when one mouseover a span tag -- via jquery. the slide down works perfectly, the issue occurs when i hover over the hidden layer. the swf nav bar recognizes the my mouse event and renders it's own slide down sub menu. so now i have two slide down menus rendering. sadly, this is only happening in safari (tested on version 4 and version 5).

a few facts:
- using jquery to have the hidden layers animate
- hidden layer has a higher z-index value
- using SWFObject v2.2 to render swf file

thanks in advance for any help,
ed.

 

[manueld]

can you provide a link to better show your issue? Why does the flash have it's own sub menus? The UI as you're describing it sounds very unfriendly.

 

[eponym]

Try setting the wmode parameter and then making sure the z-index of the sliding layer is higher than the flash movie. By default, they ignore z-index properties unless you set that param.

(I also agree with the previous poster—this sounds like a confusing UI)