Textbox arrangement hierarchy messed up in numbers

Hi community,


I have been adding some text boxes to my numbers sheet. For some reason I can't find a "level" for them in the arrangement so they would be visible on top of my ground level cells but vanish below my header rows and columns when I scroll through the document. They would either be on top of everything or completely invisible (covered).


I'm using groups for my rows but that shouldn't make a difference, does it?


In another numbers sheet I quickly created I can't reproduce this behaviour and the text boxes would vanish underneath the headers but stay on top of the ground level cells. So somehow I must have messed up my arrangement hierarchy..


Any ideas how to fix this? Many thanks

Posted on Jan 21, 2024 5:27 AM

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Posted on Jan 21, 2024 6:06 AM

I am not aware that there is such a hierarchy. The table is an object, the text box is an object, one is completely in front of or behind the other. Is it possible that one of your tables has no background color in the data cells and the other has white background.


With no background color (i.e., transparent), a text box underneath the table will show through. It will get hidden by the headers (because they have a colored background) if it scrolls under them.


With white background data cells, a text box under the table will be hidden all the time. A text box over the table will be visible all the time.

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Jan 21, 2024 6:06 AM in response to markuseman

I am not aware that there is such a hierarchy. The table is an object, the text box is an object, one is completely in front of or behind the other. Is it possible that one of your tables has no background color in the data cells and the other has white background.


With no background color (i.e., transparent), a text box underneath the table will show through. It will get hidden by the headers (because they have a colored background) if it scrolls under them.


With white background data cells, a text box under the table will be hidden all the time. A text box over the table will be visible all the time.

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Textbox arrangement hierarchy messed up in numbers

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