Well Terry, that's very cool… thanks for the suggestion. be well, randy ----- On Jul 25, 2012, at 10:06 PM, Terry Judd wrote:
> > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
