# SWFObject and WMODE

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swfobject-and-wmode/277870>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 18, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swfobject-and-wmode/277870 "2008-12-18T10:17:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![JeffGrafix\_nl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@JeffGrafix\_nl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JeffGrafix_nl)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swfobject-and-wmode/277870/1 "2008-12-18T10:17:12Z")

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Hi kirupa fans,

I made a swf and implemented it on a html page using SWFObject; the swf works fine in Internet Explorer and Firefox. Above the swf I have a divlayer with a \<ul\>\<li\> type menu. Some of the links have a dropdown submenu.

Now, when I open a dropdown, it disappears behind the swf in firefox, but it’s still clickable. The disappearing dropdown-issue I can solve by adding wmode=transparent, but then the swf is NOT clickable in firefox anymore.  
I’ve googled my brains out for this and a lot of times I came across the text '‘it’s a firefox bug and at the moment unsolveable’, but I finf this hard to believe.

Does anyone here has a solution for this? What I would like is AND the swf to stay clickable AND the dropdown falls in front of the swf.

Thanks in advance!