Applets and overlapping menus in web browsers

[damian cosmos]

I have written an applet which is positioned centrally on a web page in an IE 6.0 browser. This web page has a windows type menu which was written in JavaScript. My problem is that if my menu drop-down overlaps my applet the menu goes behind the applet. Is it possible to have my menu drop-down on top of the applet ?
I have investigated this using the html div tag and the applet always seems to be on top of the menu drop-down. Is there some property of applets that enables me to paint web browser items on top of the applet ?
Thanking you in advance.

[Thomas Paul]

Since this forum is for discussing the javaRanch website, I don't think you will get a response here. Why not try posting this in one of the other forums such as HTML or Applets. That's what they are for.

[damian cosmos]

Thanks thomas.