Z-Order or Depth of Controls on Page (background & foreground)

Question

I would like to have the ability to assign a depth to objects, to be able to place some objects in front of others, in the background or foreground. Currently I put a button behind  knob to give the illusion that it is enabled or not (supercontrols). But the last created object is always placed background & foregroundthe foreground. The only way to get what I want is to create objects in the correct order (the objects in the background first)

Comments

Thanks for the suggestion. We might implement something to allow explicit z-ordering of controls in the future. For now, it's not just the order of creation. The last control touched will be on top, regardless of order-of-creation.

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"For now, it's not just the order of creation. The last control touched will be on top, regardless of order-of-creation. "

Yes & no...
when I re-load my template, all the knobs, buttons & labels are re-drawing, and the last created objet is displayed in foreground.

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oh, I've forgotten...
In my example, the button is completely behind my knob, then it's absolutely impossible to touch the button to change the depth of the objects. That's why the creation order is important here.

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Agreed. So if you could alter the order of creation, would that be sufficient? Or does MIDI Designer really need a concept of z-order that never alters?

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my method is to create my whole page with all the buttons, and then to place objects at the right depth I use the "make a copy" to re-create the objects in the right order. Then I delete the original objects & I place new objects correctly on my page, and I reload the template. It is obvious that if a z-buffer existed it would be faster for creation.

Answer 1

Layering is done and will be coming out in MIDI Designer 1.4.5 (no release date yet, but early February is probable).

Answer 2

Layering is done and will be coming out in MIDI Designer 1.4.5 (no release date yet, but early February is probable).