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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 15, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-my-movie-be-under-a-dhtml-drop-down-menu/11324 "2003-01-15T16:29:50Z")\
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**Author:**  [@DanR5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DanR5)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-my-movie-be-under-a-dhtml-drop-down-menu/11324/1 "2003-01-15T16:29:50Z")
I have an html website. I have a dhtml dropdown menu bar. I want my animated flash movie positioned just below this, but when the user tries the dropdown menu bar the flash movie BLOCKS the menu options…how can I fix this? Are there any z-index param fixes to make it go behind?
Thanks,
DanR5
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-my-movie-be-under-a-dhtml-drop-down-menu/11324/2 "2003-01-15T20:00:35Z")
Not that I know of. Flash always seems to position itself at the highest z-index, I have tried plenty of times, even professional sites that I have seen have this same problem, so I am pretty sure you can’t do it.
Not 100% sure on this though, maybe someone else knows a way.
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-my-movie-be-under-a-dhtml-drop-down-menu/11324/3 "2003-01-15T20:28:28Z")
Thanks for your reply,
I did find this solution in the Flash MX bible but it’s only for Windows browsers: \
It worked in this case but I need a fix for the Mac too so I’ll keep looking. Thanks again.
DanR5
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-my-movie-be-under-a-dhtml-drop-down-menu/11324/4 "2003-01-15T20:40:25Z")
I have the same problem, is there anyway to set the z-index of the movie to place it beneath the HTML? I tried setting the style configuration in a .css and id of the \ object, but it did not work. :trout:
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-my-movie-be-under-a-dhtml-drop-down-menu/11324/5 "2003-01-15T20:45:42Z")
Sorry, My last reply striped out the param line of text:
param name=“wmode” value=“transparent”
it has to do with WMODE set to transparent in your publish settings in Flash MX.
This only works for 32 bit window browsers 95/98/ME/Nt/2000/XP.
DanR5
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-my-movie-be-under-a-dhtml-drop-down-menu/11324/6 "2003-01-15T20:48:29Z")
That method only works in IE on Windows that I have noticed.
With AOL 8.0 switching to Netscape now, it is a pretty unreliable method. Netscaping usage will either be tied or even more than IE usage after that.
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-my-movie-be-under-a-dhtml-drop-down-menu/11324/7 "2003-01-15T21:01:57Z")
Yes, I agree. It stinks that nothing is consistent. I found this too about the problem:
[www.macromedia.com/support/fireworks/ts/documents/pop-up\_menus\_and\_active\_con.htm](http://www.macromedia.com/support/fireworks/ts/documents/pop-up_menus_and_active_con.htm)
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