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I'm trying to display float-over elements on the same page as the VLC plugin but no matter how I set the z-index properties, I never managed to get an element to show on top of the VLC window.

Is it even possible to show an element on top of the VLC window ? Does the VLC plugin obey the z-index ?

Thanks.

Set the z-index of the vlc embed/object element to -1

The vlc plugin does not obey z-index. You cannot place anything over it.

The vlc plugin does not obey z-index. You cannot place anything over it.

It seems to work ok for me if I use a negative z-index to put it under some other element. Technically a z-index of less than 0 is actually behind the page layer, so perhaps that has something to do with it.

It's possible that it may work in firefox, but not IE. Or Chrome.

It's possible that it may work in firefox, but not IE. Or Chrome.

You could be right, I only checked it in FF.

Did anyone find a way of getting this to work in FF and IE? code sample please.

It will not work in IE or GC. It''s part of the native structure of the plugin, and you cannot change it.

I understand that I can't do anything to work around this. This is a real pain as I wanted to provide html controls overlaid on the video control. Is there a way to fix it in the VLC code with z-index in the (directdraw/show?) code?