# Shadowbox/Thickbox in flash! (working!)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shadowbox-thickbox-in-flash-working/267266>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 30, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shadowbox-thickbox-in-flash-working/267266 "2008-07-30T06:51:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![wootwoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@wootwoot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wootwoot)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shadowbox-thickbox-in-flash-working/267266/1 "2008-07-30T06:51:19Z")

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If you ever wondered how to implement a shadowbox or thickbox in flash then look no further!

shadowbox --\> [http://mjijackson.com/shadowbox/](http://mjijackson.com/shadowbox/)  
thickbox --\> [http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/](http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/)

Here are two examples  
I did the shadowbox and someone else did the thickbox ☹ sorry i forgot source - if it is yours please let me know and I will acknowledge

From my experience on using both of them, i found that a shadowbox is a much better option.

Shadowbox uses javascript to hide the swf object when shadowbox is open - can display flash movies in shadowbox itself.

Thickbox relies on wmode = ‘transparent’ to show the thickbox on top of the flash - very crude solution which slows your framerate down alot and doesnt work in all browsers.