fixes #414

src/Container.js

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
             child.index = children.length;
             child.parent = this;
             children.push(child);
-            this.fire('add', {
+            this._fire('add', {
                 child: child
-            }, true);
+            });
 
             // chainable
             return this;

src/Layer.js

@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@
         _initLayer: function(config) {
             this.nodeType = 'Layer';
             this.createAttrs();
-            // call super constructor
-            Kinetic.Container.call(this, config);
-
             this.canvas = new Kinetic.SceneCanvas();
             this.canvas.getElement().style.position = 'absolute';
             this.hitCanvas = new Kinetic.HitCanvas();
+            // call super constructor
+            Kinetic.Container.call(this, config);
         },
         /**
          * get visible intersection object that contains shape and pixel data. This is the preferred

tests/js/unit/layerTests.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Test.Modules.LAYER = {
         test(style.backgroundColor === 'transparent', 'canvas backgroundColor style should be transparent');
     },
 
-    'layer getIntersections()': function(containerId) {
+    'layer getIntersection()': function(containerId) {
         var stage = new Kinetic.Stage({
             container: containerId,
             width: 578,
@@ -67,6 +67,32 @@ Test.Modules.LAYER = {
         test(layer.getIntersection(100, 100) === null, 'shape should be null');
 
 
+    },
+    'set layer visibility': function(containerId) {
+        var stage = new Kinetic.Stage({
+            container: containerId,
+            width: 578,
+            height: 200
+        });
+        var layer = new Kinetic.Layer({
+            visible: false
+        });
+        var rect = new Kinetic.Rect({
+            x: 200,
+            width: 100,
+            height: 50,
+            fill: 'green',
+            stroke: 'black',
+            strokeWidth: 4,
+            scale: [3, 1],
+            draggable: true,
+            strokeScaleEnabled: false
+        });
+
+        rect.colorKey = '000000';
+
+        layer.add(rect);
+        stage.add(layer);
     },
     'redraw hit graph': function(containerId) {
         var stage = new Kinetic.Stage({