On 26/07/2012, at 12:53 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > A graphic effect will usually respect whatever transparency is present in a > control. So I think your only option is to have the field be transparent > and the dropshadow effect applied to the text, with a graphic or other > object behind it.
You can group the transparent field (with itself), set the margins of the group to zero and set the opaque of the group to true. Terry... > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX Design > > > Recently, Randy Hengst wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> When a drop shadow is applied to an opaque field, the shadow is shown around >> the edge of the fieldS not the text itself. >> >> When a drop shadow is applied to a transparent field, the drop shadow is >> applied to the text. >> >> Is there any way to have a drop shadow on the text for an opaque field? >> >> be well, >> randy >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > Dr Terry Judd Senior Lecturer in Medical Education Medical Eduction Unit Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
