Embedded flash (you-tube/vimeo etc..) movies in a node show on top of (and render useless) the overlay administration.

Hi,

Not sure if this should be listed as a bug or feature request so apologies in advance if I'm posting in the wrong way.

The problem is that simply embedding flash code in a node (as it is copied from You Tube or Vimeo) causes the flash movie to sit on top of (and basically render useless) the overlay administration in D7.

This was not a major problem in D6 because, other than than the odd menu or lightbox, there is not much for flash movies to interfere with. But, in D7, embedded flash movies create havoc with the entire administration process.

There are two work arounds but neither are really acceptable for developing for clients, new users, or a good user experience.

The first work around is to shut off the administration overlay completely... but this defeats the purpose of the D7 improved user experience.

The second work around is to add the following to the flash code: 'param value="transparent" name="wmode"/ ' as a parameter within the 'object' tags and then ad wmode="transparent" within the 'embed /' tag. This is obviously not acceptable when developing for clients or new users who simply want to copy and paste You-tube or Vimeo movies into a node.

The only real solution is to have a way for the administration overlay to always and automatically show up on top of any and all content. This might be impossible with regards to flash(?) so, alternatively, there needs to be away for the code mentioned above to be automatically added to any flash embed code. Is there already a module for this? Perhaps a php function that can be dropped somewhere?

I'd like to keep the d7 overlay... so any thoughts, suggestions, etc... would be appreciated.