widget not visible over pawn character

hi

i open a widget (make it visible from being collapsed) when clicking or right clicking with the mouse
and i set the widget location via the [project world location to widget position] node and the [set position in viewport] node to adjust the widget position to where the click occurred
but i cant click on the pawn character the widget predominantly corresponds to
when i click next to it (pawn character) or just next to it it works perfectly
when i click on it it does not show
i have used a breakpoint to verify that the code actually runs. so it is not a matter of the code / nodes / blueprint not running
so all i can think of is z value - the widget z value is lower than that of the pawn character so that it does not show or renders behind the pawn character (and thus does not show)

thanks