Thanks,

I'll most likely play around with this solution.

Chad

On May 4, 9:24 pm, El Mentecato Mayor <[email protected]>
wrote:
> A solution (kind of the third option you mentioned, but you don't have
> to hide the map completely unless you want to move the dialog around--
> on top of the map) is to use a "shimmer". Read it in this old thread,
> I use this method to get around this limitation with a Java applet:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/browse_thread/threa...
>
> On Apr 26, 8:36 pm, Chad <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Eric,
>
> > Thanks. So I guess I'm out of luck unless:
>
> >  * I change my UI layout so that the dialogs don't cover the map (or
> > get covered by the map in this case)
> >  * I swap map types before displaying any dialogs and change it back
> > after (when the Earth map type is being used)
> >  * I hide the map completely when I need to show a dialog (could be
> > done with no regard to map type)
>
> > Are there any other possible routes I haven't thought of here?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Chad
>
> > On Apr 26, 3:16 pm, Eric Ayers <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hmm.  I think this is because the Earth map type is actually a Flash 
> > > plugin.
>
> > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Chad <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > I was able to find the earth div, but even setting the z-index on it
> > > > down seems to have no effect.
>
> > > > Anyone?
> > > > Chad
>
> > > > On Apr 26, 1:27 pm, Chad <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >> Hi all,
>
> > > >> I have an application written in GWT 2.0.3 using GWT Maps 1.0.4. At
> > > >> times, I display a modal dialog (with the glass panel enabled). This
> > > >> works as expected if the map is displaying a normal map type (Map,
> > > >> Satellite, Hybrid, Terrain), but if the map is displaying an Earth
> > > >> map, the map stays on top of the dialog. The map is still usable, but
> > > >> the rest of the browser client area is grayed out (due to the glass
> > > >> panel) and the dialog itself is behind the map (the map covers most of
> > > >> the client area). I've tried setting the z-index of the map widget
> > > >> down and I've tried setting the z-index of the dialog up, but neither
> > > >> seem to make any difference.
>
> > > >> I tried to debug it in FF, but Firebug can't even select anything to
> > > >> do with the map as far as I can tell.
>
> > > >> Any Ideas?
>
> > > >> TIA,
> > > >> Chad
>
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