Object in front of Slide

[Jeffrey Bloch]

I'd like to have a button (bottom right) always visible but I don't see a way to have it be independent from the slide beneath it. Because of the position of the button, FM assumes it to be part of the slide. As an experiment, I grouped if with a rectangle with the top, left corner being outside the slide, but as you'll see in the attached video, the slide initially conceals the button even though the group is to the Front.

 

Any way to accomplish this?

 

Thanks

[comment]

I don't know what to look at in your pictures.

Here's a simple demo showing a button that's always in front of a slide control.

 

 

test.fmp12

[Jeffrey Bloch]

3 minutes ago, comment said:

I don't know what to look at in your pictures.

Thanks, I'll have a look. In my pics, the green plus button is meant to stay in front of the slide which is open in pic #2. In the video you'll see it happening.

Edited February 5, 2023 by Jeffrey Bloch

[Jeffrey Bloch]

I think I've found the cause. Since I want a different color for slide panel 2 than slide panel 1, I use a filled rectangle which causes the disappearance of the button and the flicker. You can see it in the modified Test file initially provided by Comment.

test.fmp12

Edited February 5, 2023 by Jeffrey Bloch

[Jeffrey Bloch]

I now see that I can color individual panels through Conditional Formatting so this should solve it for me. Thanks!

[comment]

5 hours ago, Jeffrey Bloch said:

I use a filled rectangle which causes the disappearance of the button

Ah yes, the button goes behind the rectangle until the animation ends. Interesting bug.

 

5 hours ago, Jeffrey Bloch said:

I can color individual panels through Conditional Formatting so this should solve it for me

From what I see, this looks better, but isn't perfect. The color cuts in, not slides in.

 

 

Edited February 5, 2023 by comment

[Jeffrey Bloch]

1 hour ago, comment said:

From what I see, this looks better, but isn't perfect. The color cuts in, not slides in.

Agreed.