Transparency in an interface.
I don't think this can be fixed sadly but before giving up on the setup I would like to know if anyone has found a way of getting around this.
I have made a graphic.
Some parts of it are not filled by a color and are transparent.
But when I create a label and made the label's image the image with transparent spaces, the places that are meant to be transparent are filled by a color. This completely destroys the look I am going for since I want some spaces to be invisible and not filled by the ugly grey color.
I'd rather not use seperate windows since I want these to be anchored to the main window, and I'd rather not check every second to find if the window was moved in order to place the other windows..
Advice?
I have made a graphic.
Some parts of it are not filled by a color and are transparent.
But when I create a label and made the label's image the image with transparent spaces, the places that are meant to be transparent are filled by a color. This completely destroys the look I am going for since I want some spaces to be invisible and not filled by the ugly grey color.
I'd rather not use seperate windows since I want these to be anchored to the main window, and I'd rather not check every second to find if the window was moved in order to place the other windows..
Advice?
Posted by Chris Gayle on Sunday, June 28, 2009 02:39PM
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#10 XxBloody NightmarexX:
Make the label transparent then upload the image onto it. Sorry if it didn't work just trying to help.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 09:28PM
#9 Chris Gayle:
Jeff8500 wrote:
> Chris Gayle wrote:
> > Sometimes i feel like i should learn another system, this limitation is retarded.
>
> DM's simplicity is unrivaled, but if you do go into C++ (or python, or C, or .net, or D, or Ruby (though I don't know much about that language)), I recommend SFML. It's pretty simple, portable, and open source; the engine has even been ported to the iPhone by a member of the community.
I think this is pretty interesting... I think i'll spend some of my summer learning it :D
Monday, June 29, 2009 11:59AM
#8 Jeff8500:
Chris Gayle wrote:
> Sometimes i feel like i should learn another system, this limitation is retarded.
DM's simplicity is unrivaled, but if you do go into C++ (or python, or C, or .net, or D, or Ruby (though I don't know much about that language)), I recommend SFML. It's pretty simple, portable, and open source; the engine has even been ported to the iPhone by a member of the community.
Monday, June 29, 2009 11:36AM
#7 Chris Gayle:
Sometimes i feel like i should learn another system, this limitation is retarded.
Monday, June 29, 2009 07:31AM
#6 Ss4toby:
Chris Gayle wrote:
> Lord of light wrote:
> > I know in Windows you can set the transparency to a color, so whatever you want transparent make it that color and select that color for transparency.
>
> It makes it transparent through the whole window, so it shows like whatever other program you have open were i want transparent. Not the game, which is another thing i find specifically stupid.
Yeah, I tried everything from changing colors in the image, to using elements becides a label... Doesn't seem asthough you can get the results you want... Sorry about your luck >.<.
You "could" always do the shotty way.. That is have multipul main windows for your transparent designs that are constently updates position wise and etc. However, that's alot of work, would cause lag, and isn't really worth it.
Monday, June 29, 2009 02:39AM
#5 Chris Gayle:
Lord of light wrote:
> I know in Windows you can set the transparency to a color, so whatever you want transparent make it that color and select that color for transparency.
It makes it transparent through the whole window, so it shows like whatever other program you have open were i want transparent. Not the game, which is another thing i find specifically stupid.
Sunday, June 28, 2009 07:30PM
#4 Lord of light:
I know in Windows you can set the transparency to a color, so whatever you want transparent make it that color and select that color for transparency.
Sunday, June 28, 2009 07:09PM
#3 Chris Gayle:
Charliegrooms14 wrote:
> You have to make the label transparent also not just the image or it will show the grey under the image.
Making the label transparent hides the entire label including the image..
This is a very sucky limitation in BYOND i must say -.-
Sunday, June 28, 2009 03:49PM
#2 Jeff8500:
Charliegrooms14 wrote:
> You have to make the label transparent also not just the image or it will show the grey under the image.
You still have to keep the limitations of is-transparent in mind, though.
Sunday, June 28, 2009 03:02PM
#1 Charliegrooms14:
You have to make the label transparent also not just the image or it will show the grey under the image.
Sunday, June 28, 2009 02:51PM