From 81f63440236169d882002fcc74c10023cec56e16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Alves <seth.alves@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:36:00 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] allow overlays to be parents

---
 interface/src/InterfaceParentFinder.cpp | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/interface/src/InterfaceParentFinder.cpp b/interface/src/InterfaceParentFinder.cpp
index 824e81b6d8..14088bc716 100644
--- a/interface/src/InterfaceParentFinder.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/InterfaceParentFinder.cpp
@@ -45,12 +45,20 @@ SpatiallyNestableWeakPointer InterfaceParentFinder::find(QUuid parentID, bool& s
         success = true;
         return parent;
     }
-
     if (parentID == AVATAR_SELF_ID) {
         success = true;
         return avatarManager->getMyAvatar();
     }
 
+    // search overlays
+    auto& overlays = qApp->getOverlays();
+    auto overlay = overlays.getOverlay(parentID);
+    parent = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<SpatiallyNestable>(overlay); // this will return nullptr for non-3d overlays
+    if (!parent.expired()) {
+        success = true;
+        return parent;
+    }
+
     success = false;
     return parent;
 }