You can use the layer field in an Icon's Properties Dialogue to set whether it appears to be behind or in front of the icons around it. If two icons are in the same layer, the one that is encountered later on the flowline will appear to be in front..

The default layer for Displays and Interactions in Authorware is 0. The layer of an Interaction sets the layering for any objects contained in the Interaction and any Button Responses attached to the interaction. To set the Layer for an Interaction, select it and go to Modify>Icon>Properties in the main menu, or right click the Icon and select Properties from the popup menu.

The default layer for any icons that are being moved with a Move Icon is layer 1. To change this, double-click the Move Icon and type a different number in the Layer field.

To find out what layer an icon is being displayed on, use the Layer variable. For instance, IconLayer:= Layer@"My Icon". To set the layer for an icon, use the LayerDisplay Function. For example, LayerDisplay(Layer@"My Icon + 1", @"My Icon". Buttons will not relayer when you change the layer of the Interaction.

Do you ever get frustrated by the fact that you can't use the "Delete" key to delete forward of the cursor in an Icon Title? If you press and hold the shift key as you press the Delete key, you can delete forward of the cursor.

 

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