[OpenLayers-Users] Overlapping CSS controls on the Map Window

[Bill Thoen]

I tried to create a CSS-based form and for lack of screen real estate I 
put it over the OpenLayers-controlled map window. But even though my 
form was visible and on top, the onclick event I had attached to one of 
its buttons never got the focus. It seems that OpenLayers controls all 
the "airspace" over its map window, intercepting all the mouse activity.

Is it possible to set it so that I can have all mouse activity in my 
form window seen by my form first? I would need to do this for drop-down 
CSS menus too, if they overlap the map window. Or am I trying to do 
something unreasonable?

- Bill Thoen