Fireworks generated pop up menus

Obscured by Dreamweaver layer

[Brougham]

Using Macromedia MX on XP Pro

Wish to use Fireworks generated pop up menus and sub pop up menus on a site utilising Dreamweaver layers.

However the primary pop ups are hidden behind a Dreamweaver layer but any sub pop up menus appear, correctly, on top of the layer.

Have searched webmasterworld and macromedia site for answer. Macromedia site refers to this problem with other Dreamweaver elements but not as far as I can find, layers.

Macromedia advice seems to be, hard luck - made sure your pop up menus and other elements do not co-incide on the screen. Surely, there must be a reason and a solution.

If the sub pop up appears correctly you'd think it would be simple to achieve the same with the primary pop up menu.

I've posted this to 'Site Graphics' forum because of the Fireworks origins although it's not really a graphic problem.

Guidance and opinion would be gratefully received.

Kind regards.

[Brougham]

Anybody?

[limbo]

I have the same Problem

Will post solution if I can find it.....

[richardb]

Er sounds like a problem with z-index e.g. 2 layers with the same number?

[limbo]

Richard B is spot on - the fireworks generated html and javascript calls its layers with a z-index beggining with a value of 1. Try doing a search of text external JS file and you will see your menus named in such a way.

I would rename the offending layer that runs over the top of the menu layers in the with z-index:0

This seems to solve the problem.

Ta

Limbo

[Brougham]

Many thanks RichardB and Limbo

I did look after RichardB post but couldn't see the z layer number in the generated code.

I was experimenting by placing the image that the pop up menus are triggered from in its own layer - late at night - messed it up - got frustrated and went to bed exasperated, you'll know the feeling.

I'll go back and have a close scrutinise at the generated code. If (when) I fix it - I'll repost to confirm for future thread followers.

Thanks again.

[Brougham]

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Oops - managed to submit post twice

[edited by: Brougham at 10:37 am (utc) on Sep. 11, 2003]

[Brougham]

Yep - altered offending layer z from '1' to'0' and problem is fixed - how simple can you get?

Because I couldn't get round this I altered the design of the new website I'm doing to a non layer design - gone a bit too far now to go back and start again - If only I'd known of and joined Webmaster World a few weeks ago.

Thanks again. Very grateful.

[richardb]

If only I'd known of and joined Webmaster World a few weeks ago.

LOL

Me toooooo. I should have joined years ago :(

Rich

[Brougham]

Have done some more tests - dreamweaver/browsers (IE6 anyway) seem to accept negative z-indexes - so number your layers 0, -1, -2 with 0 being the top level visability.

Unfortunately putting elements such as drop down lists into a layer and giving the layer of '0' or lower - doesn't work. The Fireworks pop up menu still appears beneath the drop down list.