Wix.com Ltd.
System and method for handling overlapping objects in visual editing systems

Abstract:

A website building system including a visual editor to support user editing of a website page of the website building system; the page having regular components and overlapped and hidden components and an editor overlap handler to determine display instructions for the visual editor for the overlapped and hidden components according to activation conditions, the activation conditions based on a user selected point on the page, activation rules and information on components of the page, the information including component proximity to or component interaction with said user selected point, z-order and at least one of: general relationships between the components on said page, information on the user and information on the system.