Positioned Elements and OS Controls, Applets and Plug-ins

Active-X Controls

We have not included a live Active-X control demonstration, but the behavior is the same as with all plug-ins. That is, Active-X controls are visible through positioned elements.

What to Do?

As we have seen, there is nothing we can do.

We can, however, build our pages with this limitation in mind:

1. For example, if you are using our hierarchical menus script, ensure that the menus never appear over an applet or plug-in, by positioning them away from the menus if possible. If the menus appear from a left navigation frame, place your applets/plug-ins to the right of the main frame.
   
   
2. With form elements, consider placing the form in a positioned element that can have visibility toggled. Then "hide" the form when other positioned elements are being dragged, and "show" it only when necessary.
   
   
3. Improvise.

We hope this illustration of the persistence problem has been helpful and saves you some headaches.