# Flash menu - how to use wmode function?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-how-to-use-wmode-function/316118
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 12, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-how-to-use-wmode-function/316118 "2010-11-12T21:35:34Z")
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### Author: ![jackieo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@jackieo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jackieo)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-menu-how-to-use-wmode-function/316118/1 "2010-11-12T21:35:34Z")

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I am using web building software which automatically generates the code for the parameters for a flash file after you insert the file and select the attributes in a form.

I have created a flash drop down menu and want it to “drop” over the rest of the page and not push the content down resulting in a huge gap between the menu and content. I have therefore selected wmode = transparent but this does not seem to have any effect and displays in the same way as opaque and window.

Can someone please tell me if I have made the right choice and whether the code generated is correct?

Here is the code:

[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]\<p\>[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]\<script type=“text/javascript”\>writeFlash({“quality”:“best”,“scale”:“showall”,“salign”:“t”,“wmode”:“transparent”,“src”:“[http://jackieogle2.activwebdesign.com/js/tinymce/plugins/imagemanager/files/menu.swf",“align”:“top”,“width”:“960”,“height”:"170](http://jackieogle2.activwebdesign.com/js/tinymce/plugins/imagemanager/files/menu.swf%22,%22align%22:%22top%22,%22width%22:%22960%22,%22height%22:%22170)”});\</script\>[/SIZE][/FONT]  
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]\</p\>[/SIZE][/FONT]

Here is the page with the huge gap between the menu and the rest of the page:

[http://jackieogle2.activwebdesign.com/Contact-Joanne-Sumner/](http://jackieogle2.activwebdesign.com/Contact-Joanne-Sumner/)