Windows Safari 5 bug when using backspace in a Flash web application

Question

I have noticed this bug when developing my flash application on a windows platform. If typing text in to a text box in a Flash swf running in Safari 5 browser on Windows then press backspace the browser will jump to the previous page in history rather than performing the function that backspace is supposed to - here is a link to another report of this apple bug -

http://www.ruelke.org/blog-entry-138.html

How can we work around this apple problem? cheers

Answer 1

What wmode are you using? Try setting wmode to opaque. There are numerous keyboard input bugs when using wmode transparent.