Entry name text invisible on mouseover

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Hi,

Most of the time, I cannot see the entry name text displayed on mouseover because it is displayed under the window that is opened beside my dock.

Any way to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Screenshot?
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top


The expected text is "Corel Paint Shop Pro X".
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for the screenshot, very clear now.
However, I am not able to reproduce.
What version of OD are you using?
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
what is your z order set at?
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
what is your z order set at?


Yeah, you might want to check your z order and set it to "Always on Top"
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I have the same problem with a tabbed dock on my second monitor. It is 'always on top', but sometimes the whole dock will lose this setting. After entering and closing the 'dock settings' window, the dock is refreshed and it will again be 'always on top', but the text stays on bottom until ObjectDock is restarted. I have not figured out at what point the dock to loses the setting, but it happens almost daily.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Hi,

Actually I have the same problem as Vyrolngo although the dock is not set to Always on top, which I don't want since I'm using many applications full screen.

At the beginning of as session, the entry name text is normally displayed above all windows as expected. But after a while (I don't see any pattern), it starts displaying the text behind all other windows.

I'm using version 1.50 Plus.
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
I don't see any pattern

Actually I can see one. My XP taskbar is set to autohide. Sometimes, especially when I'm using Internet Explorer, the taskbar no longer shows up when I move the mouse cursor to the bottom of the screen. It remains hidden. At that time, the entry text names in ObjectDock start to be displayed behind all other windows.



Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
At the beginning of as session

At the beginning of a Windows session

Sorry.

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

Thats a Z Ordering issue. Like they said here make sure that your "Always on top" button is checked. If this is the case have you tried pulling a icon slightly off the dock then letting it drift back down to the dock again? Most times this forces the Z Ordering to correct it's self.
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
Hi,

As mentioned above, I don't want the dock to be always on top, so the option is unchecked. However, when I move the mouse cursor to a hotspot, the dock becomes active and becomes the foreground window.So it *is* on top at this time. But the entry text is still displayed under all the other windows. This entry text is aimed at giving information to the ObjectDock user, so displaying it behind other windows doesn't make sense in all cases.