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Re: Simple Semi-Transparent View?
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Re: Simple Semi-Transparent View?


  • Subject: Re: Simple Semi-Transparent View?
  • From: Steve <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:26:56 +0000

Apologies, I can see how my description gave the wrong impression:
In IB, for example, when you drag a custom view on to a window it shows you your view as a light-blue semi-transparent box. That's exactly what I wanted to achieve, but for real, and in a color of my choice.

However, thanks to starman, this works:

[NSColor setIgnoresAlpha:NO];
NSRectFillUsingOperation(visRect, NSCompositeSourceOver);


Steve

On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 10:34 AM, Kris Amico wrote:

There is a custom window sample at the Apple site, which you may need if you
need to have an unusual shape. However, if you just need some transparency,
could you not [myWindow setAlphaValue:]?

On 11/22/02 1:53 AM, "Steve" <email@hidden> wrote:

I'm trying to create a colored semi-transparent square area within a
window.
I'm creating a custom view, and then NSRectFill-ing the entire box
with a color whose opacity is set to 0.5,
in the hope that I can get the default gray/white lines of the window
to show through.
I thought the problem might be that the window beneath (i.e. the
superview) is not opaque.
If this is the problem, it seems I have to subclass the window just so
I can override the isOpaque method.

Or is there just a much better way to achieve the desired result?

I know that NSBox can give you a light-gray semi-transparent box, and,
I can replace the contents with a solid color. But obviously, neither
of these give me custom-color semi-transparency.

Thanks


Steve
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Kris Amico <email@hidden>, AIM: Kris Amico
Senior Software Engineer
Macintosh Client Software Development
EarthLink, Inc.
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