Prevent background shape from coming in front of Visuals.

[mmace1]

Example - you have 2 or more visuals and want to tie them together, so you put a white shape behind them. 

Looks good.  But if a user doesn't click on one of the 2 visuals, but clicks on the shape - the shape will come on top of the visuals.  Looks bad.  


I found a solution:  Assign an action to the shape, that doesn't actually do anything. One option is to assign a drilldown to nothing.  Now if a user clicks the shape - the shape won't come in front of the 2 visuals. 

But this seems kinda janky.  Is there a more direct way? 

I also have a file a co-worker made - and in their file, when published, the shapes do *not* come in front of the visuals either.  But they have no idea how they did that | we can't figure it out. 

[SteveHailey · Accepted solution]

Hello @mmace1. 

You'll need to make sure the shape is below the other visuals in the Layer order. You can do this by selecting the shape, then Format > Send backward > Send to back. Or, open the Selection pane, and drag the Shape so that it is below the others in the Layer order.

Also, with the shape selected, in the Formatting pane, under General, make sure "Maintain layer order" is switched on.

Then, when published, the shape should not come in front of the other visuals.

-Steve

[mmace1]

I was missing the 'maintain layer order' toggle. Thank you!