Mousewheel with transparent WMODE

August 21st, 2009 Marvin Blase

When you'll use the transparent WMODE in firefox while embedding flashmovies, the mousewheel ain't triggering in flash anymore. This is a short workaround showing how you'll still be able to use it anyway.

Actionscript:

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Actionscript:

1. import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
2.  
3. ExternalInterface.addCallback("mousewheelHandler", mousewheelHandler);
4.  
5. private function mousewheelHandler(val:String):void {
6.     int(val) > 0 ? flowForward(null) : flowBack(null);
7. }

Javascript (Mootools 1.2.3):

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JavaScript:

1. if (Browser.Engine.gecko && (flashContainer = $('flash'))) {
2.     flashContainer.addEvent('mousewheel', function(event) {
3.         flashContainer.mousewheelHandler(event.wheel);
4.         event.stop();
5.     });
6. }

If you're not wanting to use Javascript you are only able to get this to work with taking another WMODE.

HTML:

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CODE:

1. <param name="wmode" value="window" />

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5 Responses to “Mousewheel with transparent WMODE”

1. [AS3 & JS] mousewheel auch bei wmode=transparent - Flashforum says:

   21/08/2009 at 4:31 PM

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2. SaWe says:

   12/07/2010 at 8:33 AM

   Hi. Could you prease help me? I can't figure out how to implement the Script.

   Greetz
   Sarah
3. Marvin Blase says:

   12/07/2010 at 9:45 AM

   Hey Sarah,
   actually I think you don't need this script now any longer as the Firefox 3.6 did fix it by itself. Now the Chrome is having some troubles with this WMODE but I'm going to have a closer look at that and then update this post.

   But anyway - where do you stuck? On the Flashside or the script?
4. Raul says:

   01/09/2010 at 9:31 PM

   this is for AS3 or AS2?
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