Fix for drop-down menus: Window Mode for QuickTime, Flash

Having a problem with menu drop-down appearing behind Flash and QuickTime movies. This can be remedied by using the param wmode.

<param name=”wmode” value=”transparent”> & wmode=”transparent”

Example of post without the param wmode (click on Sports drop-down)
http://www.hawaii247.org/2009/08/06/hurricane-felicia/

Example with param wmode inserted in code (click on Sports drop-down)
http://www.hawaii247.org/2009/08/22/waiakea-at-kamehameha-hawaii-pre-season-football/

I could manually code it into each video block but can’t this either be added to the WP core on automatic default or perhaps a checkbox in the add multimedia dialogue box?

See here for a fuller example of how to use the commands.

<object width=”425″ height=”344″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/81JVZjGrwfA&hl=en&fs=1&”></param&gt;<param name=”wmode” value=”transparent”><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/81JVZjGrwfA&hl=en&fs=1&&#8221; type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”344″ wmode=”transparent”></embed></object>