Why doesn't the Z-Index in IE do as intended on the Flash movie?

Question

I am working on a site with two absolutely positioned divs ... logo and menu (navbar)

IE will bury both of them, even after several attempts at z-index manipulation. Why can't IE work as good as Firefox or even Opera for God's sake?

UPDATE .......

I forgot to mention that these divs are located above the flash movie. How could I leave this ??

Answer 1

If your flash movie buried your other content, you might be in luck by adding an extra param element to your inline object:

<param name="wmode" value="opaque" /> 

For a longer answer, you can see this blog post about stacking window / flash content . Adobe has TechNote about this issue .

Answer 2

IE has some well-documented Z-index errors. IE seems to create a new styling context for positioned elements. See here .

Answer 3

This is also a problem in IE7. Here is a link describing the problem: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html

Answer 4

This is a known bug with IE6 (which I suppose to use). Here's some description and some help: http://www.last-child.com/conflicting-z-index-in-ie6/