
Text entered in a custom box is limited by the box x, r, and t boundaries on the Transform tab, but the y boundary can be overstepped. TIP:The cursor appears as in the Viewer when you initially add the Text node. Draw a box in the Viewer to contain your text.Click in the Viewer to place the cursor where you want the text to appear,.If you'd like to have more control over the text's initial position or draw a text box to constrain your text, ensure that edit text is enabled above the Viewer and then either: If you're happy with the text initially appearing in the top left corner of the format area, you can start Entering Text using the message field. If you want to clear the affected channels to black before drawing on them, check replace.īy default, replace is not enabled and the text is drawn on top of the input image.


In the Text node properties, select the channels you want the text to appear in from the output controls. Select Draw > Text to create a Text node and connect it to a Viewer. Here's a playground on codepen or for you to experiment with.Creating text overlays involves some preparation, particularly which channels hold the text and the positioning of the initial text box.

See it on codepen! Disclaimer: I did not make this codepen responsive so it only looks good on desktop. I didn't have to specify a z-index value to my text because it is by default on layer 0, which is above layer -1. Here, I sent the image to the back by setting the z-index to -1. The element with the biggest number will be all the way to the front. Positive values throw elements on top of the default layer. The element with the smallest z-index value will be all the way to the back. Negative values of z-index throw elements behind the default layer. The default layer is equal to z-index: 0. The bigger the number, the closer to the front it will be.Įlements are overlayed in ascending order. If you want to put an element over the default layer, then you use positive numbers. The element with the smallest number will go furthest back. If you want to throw something to the back, the z-index will be smaller than 0. Let's say your computer's screen is the back, the real world is the front, and every element on your app without a specified z-index is the default layer. They could be absolute, relative, fixed, or sticky. Only works on elements with positions other than static (the default position).Z-index is a CSS property that sets the order of elements in a stack. To overlay an element over another, we first need to understand z-index. This example is from the mobile version of a personal website I'm building with HTML/CSS and vanilla JavaScript.
