Active content vs popups vs keyboard control

Hi Forum
I am using Dreamweaver 8 to build a web site to display some
interactive art work I made in Flash 8. I used Fireworks 8 to build
a navBar with popups and got that working OK with Dreamweaver, but
the popups would not show in front of my Flash art work (Active
Content). I found the fix for that in this forum's archives -- add
the wmode parameter with a value of opaque for the Flash artwork in
the XHTML, and set the z-index of the Flash Artwork below the
z-index of the navBar in the stylesheet. This worked and I thought
I was home free.
Then I tried to add a page of my Flash artwork that uses the
keyboard arrow keys. If wmode/opaque is present, the scroll bar
intercepts the arrow keys in IE 6 and IE 7. In Firefox, no keyboard
commands work at all. If I take out the wmode/opaque thing, the
keyboard controls work fine in IE 6, 7 and Firefox 2, but the popup
menu cannot be seen.
Is there a way to make everything work? If I went to a
commercial product like Project 7, would that solve all 3 problems?
Thanks.
Mote

> Is there a way to make everything work? If I went to a
commercial product
> like Project 7, would that solve all 3 problems? Thanks.
No, it wouldn't. Redesign the page so the menu doesn't
overlap the flash.
-Darrel

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Can you be specific about problems you have seen with it, Al?
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"Al Sparber- PVII" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just a note to Adobe and a fair warning to those using
Flash. The Adobe
> Active Content deployment fix seems to be problematic on
complex pages.
> That is, any page that contains more than just Flash,
especially other
> scripts. We're urging our customers not to use it and
urge Adobe to have a
> serious look at this workaround. Strictly in terms of
scripting protocol,
> and with respect to code aesthetics, it's an
"interesting" piece of work
> and could be responsible for page hangs in some
browsers.
>
> --
> Al Sparber - PVII
>
http://www.projectseven.com
> Popup Menus | Image Galleries | CSS Tutorials &
Templates
>
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> I'm attempting to add pop-up menus to my navigation bar,
to make my site
> more
> user-friendly, but to no avail:
Sometimes, they make your site less user-friendly. So be
careful.
The DW/FW pop-up menus are usually something that should be
avoided. They
are very poorly thought out and implemented, and will likely
cause you
continuing problems. It's foolish to devote the time to them
that could be
more effectively be placed elsewhere, especially since there
are better
options that work right out of the box, so to speak. Please
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and commercial options here -
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"Ally86" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm attempting to add pop-up menus to my navigation bar,
to make my site
> more
> user-friendly, but to no avail:
>
> I've tried designing pop-up menus in Fireworks, then
importing the html
> code
> in, but that gives me errors when I try to insert the
bar. Then, I tried
> putting my menus in different layers, with a "show
layer" behavior on the
> button, and a "hide layer" behavior attached to the
roll-off of the layer,
> but
> my version of Dreamweaver won't attach a behavior to a
layer.
>
> Then, I noticed the tech-note on this site for the fix
to use pop-ups in a
> template, so I added pop-up menus directly to my
navigational buttons
> using the
> wizard. So here's where my problem comes in. . .
>
> When I preview my page, it throws up an active content
error, but will
> still
> run. I uploaded it to my remote server, but when I went
to the url, no
> action
> takes place when I put my cursor over it. Anybody have
any ideas on how
> to
> create a pop-up menu that won't throw up an active
content error? I've
> seen
> them on plenty of websites before, but can't figure how
to do them.
>
> Any light you could shed would be greatly appreciated!
>

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