Version 5.9.2

# `Overlay`

since version 2.3.26

Overlays the first element with the following “positions”.

## Child elements

`A`, `Barcode`, `Box`, `Circle`, `Frame`, `Image`, `Position`, `Rule`, `Switch`, `Table`, `Textblock`, `Transformation`

## Parent elements

`Case`, `ForAll`, `Loop`, `Otherwise`, `PlaceObject`, `Td`, `Until`, `While`

## Attributes

(none)

## Example

    <PlaceObject>
      <Table>
        <Tr>
          <Td>
            <Overlay>
              <Image width="5" height="4" file="_samplea.pdf"/>
              <Position x="0" y="0">
                <Box width="2" height="2" background-color="white"/>
              </Position>
              <Position x="0" y="0">
                <Barcode select="'speedata'" type="QRCode" width="2" height="2"/>
              </Position>
            </Overlay>
          </Td>
          <Td>
            <Image file="_sampleb.pdf" width="5" height="4" clip="no"/>
          </Td>
        </Tr>
      </Table>
    </PlaceObject>

which gives the following output

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