| Re: Transparency in Bitmap buttons [message #26320] |
Wed, 15 August 2001 13:00 |
John-David T. Smith
Messages: 384
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Paul van Delst wrote:
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> JD Smith wrote:
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>> Has anyone had luck using the transparency feature of color-bitmap
>> buttons?
>>
>> The manual quotes:
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>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> Transparent Bitmaps
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>> For 16- and 256-color bitmaps, IDL uses the color of the pixel in the
>> lower left corner as the transparent color. All pixels of this color
>> become transparent, allowing the button color to show through. This
>> allows you to use bitmaps that are not rectangular. If you have a
>> rectangular bitmap that you want to use as a button label, you must
>> either draw a border of a different color around the bitmap or save the
>> bitmap as 24-bit (TrueColor). If your bitmap also contains text, make
>> sure the border you draw is a different color than the text, otherwise
>> the text color will become transparent.
>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>
>> But I'm unable to see this behavior.
>>
>> Try:
>>
>> IDL> base=widget_base(/COLUMN)
>> IDL> but=widget_button(base,VALUE=filepath('zoom.bmp',$
>> SUBDIR=['resource','bitmaps']),/BITMAP)
>> IDL> widget_control, base, /realize
>>
>> Does the button blend into the background tranparently? On my system
>> (x86 linux unix 5.4), it does not, despite this claim. Note that if you
>> have a matching gray background it may appear to blend in (though
>> without real transparency). Please note your system and version if
>> responding.
>
> Ummm, I couldn't really tell what I was supposed to see so I attached a gif of the result
> (JD_button.gif). Background was gray. Button was gray. Is this a case of "appearing" to
> blend in?
>
Quite likely. That's the look I'm after, though. You can change your
widget background color and give it another try by throwing something
like:
Idl*background: pink
into your .Xdefaults (don't forget xrdb -merge .Xdefaults). How lovely.
JD
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| Re: Transparency in Bitmap buttons [message #26321 is a reply to message #26320] |
Wed, 15 August 2001 12:00  |
Paul van Delst
Messages: 364
Registered: March 1997
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JD Smith wrote:
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> Has anyone had luck using the transparency feature of color-bitmap
> buttons?
>
> The manual quotes:
>
>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Transparent Bitmaps
>
> For 16- and 256-color bitmaps, IDL uses the color of the pixel in the
> lower left corner as the transparent color. All pixels of this color
> become transparent, allowing the button color to show through. This
> allows you to use bitmaps that are not rectangular. If you have a
> rectangular bitmap that you want to use as a button label, you must
> either draw a border of a different color around the bitmap or save the
> bitmap as 24-bit (TrueColor). If your bitmap also contains text, make
> sure the border you draw is a different color than the text, otherwise
> the text color will become transparent.
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> But I'm unable to see this behavior.
>
> Try:
>
> IDL> base=widget_base(/COLUMN)
> IDL> but=widget_button(base,VALUE=filepath('zoom.bmp',$
> SUBDIR=['resource','bitmaps']),/BITMAP)
> IDL> widget_control, base, /realize
>
> Does the button blend into the background tranparently? On my system
> (x86 linux unix 5.4), it does not, despite this claim. Note that if you
> have a matching gray background it may appear to blend in (though
> without real transparency). Please note your system and version if
> responding.
Ummm, I couldn't really tell what I was supposed to see so I attached a gif of the result
(JD_button.gif). Background was gray. Button was gray. Is this a case of "appearing" to
blend in?
IDL> print, !version
{ x86 linux unix 5.4.1 Jan 16 2001 32 32}
paulv
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| Re: Transparency in Bitmap buttons [message #26322 is a reply to message #26321] |
Wed, 15 August 2001 10:07 |
david[2]
Messages: 100
Registered: June 2001
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JD Smith writes:
> Try:
>
> IDL> base=widget_base(/COLUMN)
> IDL> but=widget_button(base,VALUE=filepath('zoom.bmp',$
> SUBDIR=['resource','bitmaps']),/BITMAP)
> IDL> widget_control, base, /realize
>
> Does the button blend into the background tranparently?
Yes, nice tan background. Windows NT 4.0, IDL 5.4.
David
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