I think that might work for click events, but my mouseover/out events
fire even if the swf doesn't have focus
On Jun 25, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Getify Solutions, Inc. wrote:
> I've accomplished similar things by managing focus... in other
> words, while your menu is visible, you can tell the SWF to reject
> focus. I think that was a workable way to prevent unwanted event
> propogation. Basically, I think I did something like "myswf.onfocus
> = function(){myswf.blur()};" If you swap that in and out when the
> menu is shown/hidden respectively, it *might* help. Give it a shot.
>
> --Kyle
>
>
>
>
> From: Sam Sherlock
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:49 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Bug? Div over flash firing flash mouse events on Safari
> & FF on Mac, not Windows
>
> I may be wrong. This is what I understand of the situation.
>
> swfObject does ease the differences between browsers & OSs but this
> is a request beyond that and is a limitation of using flash with z-
> index and active areas
>
> Maybe Aran or someone else may be able to expand on this or prove
> that I am wrong. I would expect difficulties with all browsers
> trying this
>
> but if on showing you menu you called a func via ex-interface within
> the movie to inactivate objects on the stage and another event to
> reactivate them when hiding the menu. This is pushing the envelop
> somewhat. Perhaps other will offer some further insight
> - S
>
>
> 2009/6/25 fattymelt <[email protected]>
>
> So the difference between OSs and Browsers is in their implementation,
> and not something inherent to swfobject?
>
> I would expect that this issue would be rather common, so I'm
> surprised to hear the only workaround is so complex.
>
> On Jun 25, 10:25 am, Sam Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote:
> > mouse active areas conflict with each other in this way.
> > you'd have to ensure that the active area of the flash are removed
> whilst
> > the drop down is displayed and thenreinstate them after. This is
> not a
> > swfobject issue - this would occur whatever method of swf
> placement you
> > used.
> >
> > You can use ex interface to make this happen - this would be
> rather complex
> >
> > - S
> >
> > 2009/6/25 fattymelt <[email protected]>
> >
> >
> >
> > > I'm using SWFObject 2.2 and dynamic publishing to place a flash
> piece
> > > on a site that has html dropdown navigation. The navigation
> overlaps
> > > the flash when you hover over it.
> >
> > > The dropdown correctly appears above the flash, but on a Mac (FF &
> > > Safari) hovering over the dropdown ALSO fires the mouseover
> event on
> > > the flash piece. Even more strange, on FF Mac (not Safari/Mac,
> though)
> > > using FF's menu bar (e.g. File, Edit, Bookmarks, Tools, etc.) if
> the
> > > menu is long enough to cover the flash piece, and you hover your
> mouse
> > > over the portion that covers the flash piece, it ALSO fires the
> > > mouseover event on the flash piece. Huh, say what?!
> >
> > > This problem does not seem to occur in any browsers on Windows.
> >
> > > Here is the test page
> >
> > >http://normalish.com/rollover_bug/
>
>
>
>
> >
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