Transparent objects & event handling
David Given
clicks on it, I want the object *underneath* it to receive the event ---
the transparent object should not consume any events.
Unfortunately I can't figure out how to do this. No matter what I try,
the transparent object consumes the event and the object underneath does
not receive it.
What am I missing?
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Ian Bambury
What am I missing?
David Given
[...]
> That a transparent object with a high z-order that does not consume events
> might just as well not be there? You can't see it, and it does nothing.
Yes, very clever...
It's only *partially* transparent. That is, it contains some visual
elements, but I want them to be completely non-interactive and have all
events tunnel through to the object underneath it.
What it's actually for is to draw overlays on on top of my real UI.
Ian Bambury
{
super.onBrowserEvent(event);
}
David Given
> OK, well if it isn't completely transparent, then subclass whatever it is
> and override the onBrowserEvent method like this
>
> public void onBrowserEvent(Event event)
> {
> super.onBrowserEvent(event);
> }
Surely subclassing something and adding a method that just calls the
superclass is going to be a noop, though?
Ian Bambury
return true;
}