Overlapping Menu objests VS 11+

Ken Veal · Post by **Ken Veal** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:51 pm

When customising menu objects to alter the shape on the menus a message displayed saying (and it showed) that there was an overlap on one of them and did I want to continue.The selected template had one more object than the no of chapters I had added before.I continued but the result seemed ok.What was all that about...............Ken

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:25 pm

Hi Ken

The menu objects are areas/hotspots on screen that are selected to play a particular piece, title/chapter.
If you have them overlapping, then it may try to play two at once, very confusing, the menu structure probably just wont work correctly.
Fortunately your setup worked, maybe one of the overlapping objects were not required, I just don¡¦t know.

I would have re-made the menu to correct the problem. Sometimes a little difficult to do.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:43 pm

When constructing the menu and changing those objects, when you have one selected you will normally see a dotted-line frame surrounding it -- sometimes a surprising distance out from it. This in effect is the area in which that button or title is 'active'. As Trevor says, if you have these active areas overlapping, sometimes, depending on the actual button, there could be a conflict. So you just need to be aware of the limits of the dotted frames around the other objects on the menu...

Ken Veal · Post by **Ken Veal** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:39 pm

Thanks for the replies.Just to clarify, the chapter thumbnail in question
was part of a default menu template choice and not one which I had made up

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:42 am

I had been assuming that anyway -- but the dotted frameworks still appear in the preset templates!

Ken Veal · Post by **Ken Veal** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:36 am

say no more................thanks

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:00 am

The various menu "objects" - buttons, frames, highlight images and text
can be various shapes and sizes, however the "Hotspot" is always a solid
square/rectangle shape with the object concerned contained within it- this is why they are reported as overlapping even though they might visually appear to be apart.

Ken Veal · Post by **Ken Veal** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:28 am

OK,
What concerned me at the time was that this was a VS template
not something I had made and the one chapter thumb(of 5) in question
was almost on top of the other and how could this of happened

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:41 am

did you drag something on the preview screen with your mouse, most items can be moved.

Ken Veal · Post by **Ken Veal** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:08 am

I am sure that I had not gone anywhere near the mouse when the screen displayed.