Forum user: tacker

As a workaround I am fixing the zIndex now via JavaScript.

I'm loggging the pre- and post-fix zIndices to the console. By that you can also witness the problem.

I did more testing and could reproduce this bug ALSO on Windows (Firefox 3.0.11 / Flash 10,0,2,54).

Try force-reloading the page a few times.

[INFO] time 07:56:17.816 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'screen', target Z index is 0, numChildreb 0
[INFO] time 07:56:17.827 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'null', target Z index is 100, numChildreb 1
[INFO] time 07:56:17.837 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'gallery', target Z index is 100, numChildreb 1
[INFO] time 07:56:17.841 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'filmDeControls', target Z index is 3, numChildreb 2
[INFO] time 07:56:17.847 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'play', target Z index is 100, numChildreb 3
[INFO] time 07:56:17.850 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'fskInfo', target Z index is 100, numChildreb 4

Update:

Problem exists also in IE 8 w/ 10,0,22,87 where the zIndex seems to be randomly changing.

Try the demo there.

The plugin stack should be

4 Rating (Text w/ green icon)
3 Gallery (mouse over player to show gallery control)
2 Custom control bar (mouse over player to show)
1 (video)
0 Background

I've set up a flowplayer instance with 4 plugins.

var flowplayerConfig = {
	plugins: {
		controls: null,
		scalingBackgroundImage: {
			zIndex: 0
		},
		gallery: {
			zIndex: 2
		},
		filmDeControls: {
			zIndex: 3
		},
		fskInfo: {
			zIndex: 4
		}
	}
};

This config works on windows in Flashplayer 9 and 10 but on Linux the zIndices are messed up:

[INFO] time 18:43:32.196 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'screen', target Z index is 0, numChildreb 0
[INFO] time 18:43:32.223 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'null', target Z index is 100, numChildreb 1
[INFO] time 18:43:32.243 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'play', target Z index is 100, numChildreb 1
[INFO] time 18:43:32.250 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'filmDeControls', target Z index is 3, numChildreb 2
[INFO] time 18:43:32.267 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'gallery', target Z index is 100, numChildreb 3
[INFO] time 18:43:32.278 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'fskInfo', target Z index is 100, numChildreb 4
[INFO] time 18:43:32.295 :: org.flowplayer.view::Panel : updating Z index of [DisplayPropertiesImpl] 'scalingBackgroundImage', target Z index is 100, numChildreb 5

'gallery', 'fskInfo', 'scalingBackgroundImage' and receive a zIndex of 100 bringing them to the front.

zIndex is not defined in the ActionScript code.

See the setup here:http://mediaplayer.global-media.de/

In ideas, tips on that?

Please add the events onMouseOver and onMouseOut to the PlayerEventDispatcher thus making them available for use in flash plugins.

The current workaround is to configure the action via JavaScript.