Z-Order and the Imperial Order

[Cynide]

Ok.. Got a UI I'm working on.. Got to 1 sticking point. Z-Order of windows.


I have a window that is of my own making, not one of the defaults. I create it, show it etc.... I then am "laying" my other windows over this. Problem is.... The Z-Order is off everytime i load the game. My window appears in the forground, effectivly covering everything else. My window is not selectable, takes no input ( yes, turned this off with the proper tag ), is not movable, sizeable, nada.

I've changed the position it was created at.. NO effect.

Basicly what i "need" is a window that is "background". Does nothing, just sits there and lays on the screen. Would prefer if no window could EVER get below it in the order.


Is such a thing possible?

[dc_roenfanz]

Originally Posted by Cynide

Ok.. Got a UI I'm working on.. Got to 1 sticking point. Z-Order of windows.


I have a window that is of my own making, not one of the defaults. I create it, show it etc.... I then am "laying" my other windows over this. Problem is.... The Z-Order is off everytime i load the game. My window appears in the forground, effectivly covering everything else. My window is not selectable, takes no input ( yes, turned this off with the proper tag ), is not movable, sizeable, nada.

I've changed the position it was created at.. NO effect.

Basicly what i "need" is a window that is "background". Does nothing, just sits there and lays on the screen. Would prefer if no window could EVER get below it in the order.


Is such a thing possible?

If you can, take a screenshot of your window within the UI tree, and post it up here. its very hard to visualize exactly whats going on. Either that or you can list where your window occurs in what branch via the syntax thingy,

mainhud.yourwindow
--or--
mainhud.someotherwindow.yourwindow
Etc.

Thanks

PS: if your window is just a background name it WC_background. Or if your window has subwindows, create another window and call that one WC_background. Make sure it is all the way on the bottom in the tree though.

[taco-man]

just use the property: alwaysonbottom=true
put that on the windows page

[dc_roenfanz]

Originally Posted by taco-man

just use the property: alwaysonbottom=true
put that on the windows page

Funny how I thought of that for someone else, but not for this guy. Bah!
*steals taco's advice* Look its mine now!! Listen to meeeeee!!!

[Cynide]

Very cool. THanks tonz. Now a question.. I don't see that property listed anywhere, where did you get it from? Is there some resource in the UI it's self that lists such things?

[dc_roenfanz]

Originally Posted by Cynide

Very cool. THanks tonz. Now a question.. I don't see that property listed anywhere, where did you get it from? Is there some resource in the UI it's self that lists such things?

you hafta add it i believe
its the plus icon, to the right o the "eye" icon. top field is alwaysonbottom. bottom field is true