Rectangle control which eats mouse events bleeding through below

qgroundcontrol.qrc

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/MissionItemStatus.qml">src/PlanView/MissionItemStatus.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/ModeSwitchDisplay.qml">src/QmlControls/ModeSwitchDisplay.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/MultiRotorMotorDisplay.qml">src/QmlControls/MultiRotorMotorDisplay.qml</file>
+		<file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/NoMouseThroughRectangle.qml">src/QmlControls/NoMouseThroughRectangle.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/OfflineMapButton.qml">src/QmlControls/OfflineMapButton.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/ParameterEditor.qml">src/QmlControls/ParameterEditor.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/ParameterEditorDialog.qml">src/QmlControls/ParameterEditorDialog.qml</file>

src/QmlControls/NoMouseThroughRectangle.qml

+import QtQuick                  2.3
+import QtQuick.Controls         1.2
+
+/// This control is used to create a Rectangle control which does not allow mouse events to bleed through to the control
+/// which is beneath it.
+Rectangle {
+    MouseArea {
+        anchors.fill:       parent
+        preventStealing:    true
+        onWheel:            { wheel.accepted = true; }
+        onPressed:          { mouse.accepted = true; }
+        onReleased:         { mouse.accepted = true; }
+    }
+}

src/QmlControls/QGroundControl.Controls.qmldir

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ MissionItemMapVisual    1.0 MissionItemMapVisual.qml
 MissionItemStatus       1.0 MissionItemStatus.qml
 ModeSwitchDisplay       1.0 ModeSwitchDisplay.qml
 MultiRotorMotorDisplay  1.0 MultiRotorMotorDisplay.qml
+NoMouseThroughRectangle 1.0 NoMouseThroughRectangle.qml
 ParameterEditor         1.0 ParameterEditor.qml
 ParameterEditorDialog   1.0 ParameterEditorDialog.qml
 PlanToolBar             1.0 PlanToolBar.qml