Labels interfere with mouse events

[Phil Duncan]

Hi all,

I am trying to allow a user to interact with a special XY plot. The goal is to have them click on the XY-plot and draw (plot) a point where the user clicks and maintain the position of the point on the XY plot under the mouse until they click again. The problem is that this XY-plot has labels on it that interfere with the mouse. A cursor appears in the plot area but the "operate" cursor appears when the mouse is over the labels and I can't trap a mouse event. I can turn off/on the labels with a mouse enter/leave event but that makes the labels invisible while the mouse is in the plot area which it will be for most of the time. The labels must be in front of the plot area to be visible.

I am looking for some fresh ideas to help circumvent this problem. Here is a pic of the plot for assistance.

http://forums.lavag.org/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=5909