Possible to make a layer completely ignore the mouse, i.e. passthru?

Question

I have a GraphicsLayer which is used to display a graphic pointer overlay, and I would like it to be completely invisible to the mouse.

layer.disableMouseEvents() almost owrks - mouse clicks pass through to underlying layers.

But the underlying layers do not get onMouseOver() events, which is what I use to set the cursor, display tooltips, etc.

Is there a way to make the Graphics layer completely transparent to mouse movement as well as clicks?  Or should it do that already and I am missing something or have a bug?

Thank you,

Rex Bradford
Direct Relief International

JavierAbadía_Miranda · Answer

Thanks Andy,

That's absolutely right. I ended up setting a "pointer-events:none" style to each of the graphics in the layer.

domStyle.set(graphic.getNode(), "pointer-events","none");

Thanks!

AndyGup · Answer

One way to make mouse clicks on Graphics transparent is to set CSS pointer-events to none. How this all works depends on why type of Graphics you are using in your different layers. If your top most layer happens to be using ArcGIS SimpleMarkerSymbol, SimpleLineSymbol and SimpleFileSymbol and your secondary layer is some other type of Graphic then you may be in luck. Adding one of these graphic types to the map creates an SVG image. So, in that case you could try something like this: Example: - Layer 1: SimpleMarkerSymbol and SimpleFillSymbol which use and - Layer 2: Picture Marker Symbols using References: http://caniuse.com/#search=pointer-events https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/pointer-events [ATTACH=CONFIG]31886[/ATTACH] svg.png

JavierAbadía_Miranda · Answer

Did you manage to solve this issue?

I have the same exact need: create a graphics layer that is completely transparent to mouse events, but lets other graphic layers to receive clicks and drags.

Any clues?