Ian,
This cold be the z-order of the iframe, but some form elements (such as select)
will always appear above the div, and the only workaround I found was to hide the form
in its own div, like you discovered.
This link may help:
http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/diner/seethru/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Vaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 5:13 AM
Subject: OT : Using IFRAMES ???
> I am using an IFRAME to display a news ticker, and the ticker works well,
> however I am having a problem with the overlay of some elements on the page,
> When an hiermenu drops down over the ticker the menu drops behind the ticker
> instead of above? Anybody have any ideas on how I can change the properties
> so the menus overlays the news ticker as it should?
>
> This is not a problem in IE 5.5 and above, it only occurs in earlier
> versions of the browser.
>
> The only workaround that I'm aware of is to hide the IFRAME like so:
>
> if (document.all && !window.createPopup)
> document.all.myIFrame.style.visibility = "hidden";
>
> That should hide the frame in IE4 and 5, but not 5.5. If IE4
> compatability isn't an issue for you, use document.getElementById
> instead of document.all "
>
> but have had little luck with this?, is there any other approach apart from
> IFrame to achieve the above such as DIV ??
> The IFRAME I am using is
>
> <iframe height="11" marginwidth="0" width="357" scrolling="no"
> src="http://intranet.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk/scripts/ticker.252.stm";
> frameborder="0" marginheight="0"></iframe>
>
> Where would I specify what you suggest in the IFRAME i am using?
>
> I would appreciate your help
>
> Ian
>
>
>
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