Bug 137360

Summary:	flash plugin grey background
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Zbigniew Luszpinski <mr.zbiggy+bugs.kde.org>
Component:	nsplugins	Assignee:	Konqueror Developers <konq-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugs.kde
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Zbigniew Luszpinski 2006-11-14 22:23:29 UTC

Version:           3.5.5 (using KDE 3.5.5, compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.4.6
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.18.2

There is no transparency for flash plugin. If flash plugin uses web page for its background the background is drawn as grey colour filled box.

Example of 'grey colour filled box'
http://demo.mbank.com.pl/logout.html
The background of baloon help animation should be web page. In Linux it is grey. In Windows it is OK. This bug is flash version independent. Linux flash plugin author says the web browser does not provide background pixmap to flash plugin to make transparent background.

This bug is visible in all versions of Konqueror, Firefox and Seamonkey.

Text from Linux flash plugin blog:
http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2006/11/chart_toppers.html
"WMODE: This goes by many descriptions: WMODE, transparency, windowless mode, "grey region where the SWF should be", and "Hey, the Javascript menus drop down behind the SWF".

The latter issue is a bit trickier since it involves browser code over which we have no control. It's a known issue for the browser that has been open for a little while. (So, any open source hackers out there who have been wanting to do something to improve Flash support on Linux, this might be a good place to start.) In the interim, the comment thread on that bug page describes some possible workarounds."

Patch for mozilla? Interesting talk about such bug.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137189

Comment 1 Zbigniew Luszpinski 2007-04-20 23:54:16 UTC

Adobe is going to fix this using XEmbed?
Is konqueror ready to support XEmbed?
http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2007/04/bling.html

Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2021-03-21 00:25:25 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 10 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 3 Zbigniew Luszpinski 2021-03-23 21:26:51 UTC

Adobe Flash is dead now. Closing unresolved as Adobe Flash is not present anymore.