see if hooking either the vwm and/or the label to lsbox or skinbox helps. this assumes that module ordering will work now though.

the other idea that comes to mind is to set the vwm on top temporarily (on mouse enter and then not on top on mouse leave), and see if that works.

i guess most people would agree it's only a bad idea when it doesn't work, at least when they can tell what you're doing.