Mel gui background image problem

[matt-ziegeler]

I am completely stumped with this. I'm trying to build a character control GUI with a background image and buttons or some other clickable object laid over the top but I can't get it working. The buttons are not clickable and behind the image and I have no idea why. I've basically pieced this code together from other character gui's so I'm at a loss. Any help would be appreciated.

string $title = "Control Window";
    int $width = 640;
    int $height = 700;

    //create window
    if(window -q -exists UIWin){
        deleteUI UIWin;
        }

     string $win = window -title $title -widthHeight $width $height;

    // create tablayout
    string $tabs = tabLayout -innerMarginWidth 5 -innerMarginHeight 5;

//Body Tab
        string $tab_cl1 = columnLayout -w $width -h $height -adj 0 Body;    

        // create a formLayout
        string $form= formLayout -numberOfDivisions 640;

        //createButton
        string $bodyButton =button -w 70 -h 20 -label "Body" -ann "Select body control" -c print "body select" ;
        string $chestButton =button -w 70 -h 20 -label "chest" -ann "Select chest control" -c print "chest select" ;

        //creat image
        string $BodyPage = image -image "guiTail.png";

        // FormLayout edit
        formLayout -edit    

        -attachForm $bodyButton "top" 300
        -attachForm $bodyButton "left" 200

        -attachForm $chestButton "top" 40
        -attachForm $chestButton "left" 400

        -attachForm $BodyPage "top" 0
        -attachForm $BodyPage "left" 0
$form;

setParent..;
setParent..;

//Show Window
showWindow $win;

[maxim-ouellet]

Hey, I copied your script and switched the order you call the buttons and image (image first, then buttons) and it fixes the problem, having the buttons on top of the image.

I sourced it so it might be a little different but here it goes (I also changed the image name for an image I already had and added a way to source it in internalVar):

global proc test(){
string $title = "Control Window";
    int $width = 640;
    int $height = 700;
 
    //create window
    if(`window -q -exists UIWin`){
        deleteUI UIWin;
        }
 
     string $win = `window -title $title -widthHeight $width $height`;
 
    // create tablayout
    string $tabs = `tabLayout -innerMarginWidth 5 -innerMarginHeight 5`;
 
//Body Tab
        string $tab_cl1 = `columnLayout -w $width -h $height -adj 0 Body`;    
 
        // create a formLayout
        string $form= `formLayout -numberOfDivisions 640`;
 
	//creat image
	string $myScriptDir = `internalVar -userScriptDir`;
        string $BodyPage = `image -image ($myScriptDir + "\\header.png") logo`;
 
 
        //createButton
        string $bodyButton =`button -w 70 -h 20 -label "Body" -ann "Select body control" -c print "body select"` ;
        string $chestButton =`button -w 70 -h 20 -label "chest" -ann "Select chest control" -c print "chest select"` ;
 
 
 
 
        // FormLayout edit
        formLayout -edit 
 
        -attachForm $BodyPage "top" 0
        -attachForm $BodyPage "left" 0		
 
        -attachForm $bodyButton "top" 300
        -attachForm $bodyButton "left" 200
 
        -attachForm $chestButton "top" 0
        -attachForm $chestButton "left" 0
 
 
 
$form;
 
setParent..;
setParent..; 
showWindow $win;
 
}

 So yeah, basicly, calling the image first will put it below other stuffs.