transparent string controls while typing

[falkpl]

I have a transparent string control but would like it to stay transparent when activly typing on it, it changes to a white background when activly typing and I can not have this since the graphics underneith are important.  Is there a way to get rid of this.  The code is in 2011.

[Darin.K]

You can see if this gets you started, my initial thought was to intercept the Mouse Down? event of the string "control" and shift focus to a hidden string control to catch the typing.

The transparent control is actually an indicator, and the hidden control is set to update while typing.

No indication of the insertion point which is a bit odd, but like all things it is probably hackable.

[falkpl]

Thanks, I was hoping for an easy fix (ie a simple overlooked property node)  I already have lots of logic in my string events but will give this a shot.