A site I'm working on has Flash headers (using swfobject to embed them). Now I'm required to code in a bit of HTML that's supposed to overlap the Flash movie.
I've tried setting z-index on the Flash element's container and the (absolutely positioned) div but it keeps "vanishing" behind the Flash movie.
I'm hoping for a CSS solution, but if there's a bit of JS magic that will do the trick, I'm up for it.
Update: Thanks, setting wmode to "transparent" mostly fixed it. Only Safari/Mac still hid the div behind the flash on first show. When I'd switch to another app and back it would be in front. I was able to fix this by setting the div's initial styles to display: none; and make it visible via JS half a second after the page has loaded.
Best Answer
Make sure the FlashVar "wmode" is set to "transparent" or "opaque," but NOT the default, "windowed"... then you should be able to use CSS z-index