GNU bug report logs - #25348
`display` property faces are prioritized above overlays

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Message #26 received at 25348 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Travis Foster <tsfoster <at> mtu.edu>
Cc: 25348 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#25348: `display` property faces are prioritized above overlays
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 18:27:55 +0200

> From: Travis Foster <tsfoster <at> mtu.edu>
> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 13:59:00 -0800
> Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> So, alright, this isn't a bug. What if I don't want this behavior, though? Is there anything I can do to my display
> properties so that they don't show through overlays? I sort of doubt it at this point, but I might as well ask.

As I already mentioned, if your face for the display string doesn't
specify a background color, the hl-line background color will be used.

If that's not an option, perhaps you could do that dynamically, by
changing the face of the display string whenever the hl-line overlay
is on the line where you have your display string?

Or maybe someone else will have more clever ideas.

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