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How can I create a SWF that will encompass 100% of the browser window?

April 26, 2017browser create encompass SWF window

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How can I create a SWF that will encompass 100% of the browser window?

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The following technique is also known as Full Browser Flash: • Set both the width and height of your SWF to 100% in your SWFObject definition • Include CSS to get rid of any default margins/padding and set the height of the html element, the body element and the entire chain of block level HTML elements that your SWF will be nested in to 100%, because Firefox (or: any Gecko based browser) in standards compliant mode (or: using a valid DOCTYPE) interprets percentages in a very strict way (to be precise: the percentage of the height of its parent container, which has to be set explicitly):

• Manage the scaling and alignment of your SWF and the positioning of your SWF’s elements, within your ActionScript code, e.g.: stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE; stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT; stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, resizeHandler