Hidden Top layer objects "eat" the cursor

2005-12-11 Thread Sivakatirswami
Well, I think we all know the recipe for this 1) make a field. 2) Create a PNG image file of a big photo 3) put that image on a layer above the field 4) hide the image. 5) You cannot get the cursor to appear in the field... even if you passMouseup thru the hidden image. a) is there a solution

Re: Hidden Top layer objects "eat" the cursor

2005-12-11 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Sivakatirswami wrote: > Well, I think we all know the recipe for this > > 1) make a field. > 2) Create a PNG image file of a big photo > 3) put that image on a layer above the field > 4) hide the image. > 5) You cannot get the cursor to appear in the field... even if you > passMouseup t

Re: Hidden Top layer objects "eat" the cursor

2005-12-12 Thread Sivakatirswami
Right, I can open the field for editing, and even select text by dragging across words... but the blinking I-beam text cursor does not appear...this is disconcerting for the user... setting the layer of the fld to the very top-front layer, and then the I-beam appears. On Dec 11, 2005, at 6

Re: Hidden Top layer objects "eat" the cursor

2005-12-12 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Sivakatirswami wrote: >> Hmm. I just tried it with both a PNG and JPEG (to make sure it >> wasn't a >> format thing) and I can click within the field and open it for >> editing as >> expected. You're not seeing this? > Right, I can open the field for editing, and even select text by >

Re: Hidden Top layer objects "eat" the cursor

2005-12-12 Thread Ken Ray
On 12/12/05 3:30 AM, "Sivakatirswami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right, I can open the field for editing, and even select text by > dragging across words... but the blinking I-beam text cursor does not > appear...this is disconcerting for the user... setting the layer of > the fld to the very to

Re: Hidden Top layer objects "eat" the cursor

2005-12-12 Thread Sivakatirswami
mmm.. I have 2.6.1 and yes there are four groups of textual info and yes there are no cursor issues there. if three are hidden, even if on top of #4, the i-Beam appears. I went through a painstaking layer test and it's very simple. The main "background" image... which is a PNG file with a t