[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11436: Adding wmode transparent to flash videos

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#11436: Adding wmode transparent to flash videos
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 Reporter:  aldolat      |       Owner:  Viper007Bond
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned    
 Priority:  high         |   Milestone:  3.0         
Component:  Embeds       |     Version:  2.9         
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  needs-patch 
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Comment(by Viper007Bond):

 Yes, opaque is better than transparent.

 I'm on the fence on this one though. oEmbed exists so we don't have to
 mess around with the embed HTML. YouTube also doesn't provide this
 parameter in their embed HTML anywhere, even on the standard video page
 where you copy/paste it. They used to have it, but removed it as it is
 generally considered a harmful parameter unless you absolutely need it.
 This is because the `wmode` parameter makes the player inaccessible to
 keyboard users (they can't tab into it and it's controls).

 On the other hand, this can be a really annoying issue. I'm making the new
 version of my Video Quicktags plugin have an option to add the `wmode`
 parameter for example

 I think I'm going to recommend `wontfix` with the reasoning being that
 YouTube knows what they are doing and it's easy for a plugin to fix this
 using the `embed_oembed_html` filter.

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