Yes! the inventory menu is controlled by the cursor. I think that was causing the issue. I set the Hotspot Menu to appear "On Hotspot" versus "On Cursor" Works sufficiently well.
Thank you for your quick responses!
Here is what is happening. Pardon me, I am using imgur since it involves multiple images.
In this shot, you can see i am hovering over a hot spot being the Wooden Sign. The label appears correctly, does not flicker, disappears when I move the curso…