Overlaying other content on a web object

Jul 09, 2012

Does anyone know a way to place content, e.g. a marker or caption, over top of a web object. I'd like to place a marker explaining some detail about a web page that I'm loading as a web object. But I can't get the marker to overlay the web object; the web object just covers up the marker. I've tried putting the marker on a separate layer but that doesn't seem to have any effect.

Any great ideas? Or is it even possible?

Thanks as always...

2 Replies
Steve Flowers

Hey, Brett -

I'm afraid you won't be able to do that due to the mechanics of the way Web objects work, more specifically the way iFrames work in the browser. Flash > iFrame. Since the base is a Flash file and the iFrame floats on top, there's no way to force another Flash layer above the iFrame.

One way to do this might be to load a screenshot of your Web object content for the orientation tour with a button to "go live".

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