z-index for VLC plugin display window

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z-index for VLC plugin display window

Postby sharo » 13 Jul 2010 23:11

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.

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Re: z-index for VLC plugin display window

Postby Yansky » 24 Aug 2010 02:34

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

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Re: z-index for VLC plugin display window

Postby Ilasir » 24 Aug 2010 02:51

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

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Re: z-index for VLC plugin display window

Postby Yansky » 24 Aug 2010 03:11

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.

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Re: z-index for VLC plugin display window

Postby Ilasir » 24 Aug 2010 04:04

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

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Re: z-index for VLC plugin display window

Postby Yansky » 24 Aug 2010 04:07

It's possible that it may work in firefox, but not IE. Or Chrome.
You could be right, I only checked it in FF.

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Re: z-index for VLC plugin display window

Postby cctvcam » 24 Aug 2010 16:48

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

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Re: z-index for VLC plugin display window

Postby Ilasir » 24 Aug 2010 22:41

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

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Re: z-index for VLC plugin display window

Postby cctvcam » 25 Aug 2010 10:13

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?


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