Gordon, You are absolutely correct. That's exactly the reason why my text does not inherit parent container's transparency setting.
Thank you for your help. Mark --- In [email protected], "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think Mark's problem is that alpha doesn't apply to system fonts. You > have to use embedded fonts if you want to fade them. This is a > limitation of the Flash Player. > > > > - Gordon > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Igor Costa > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 10:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] container transparency does not apply to the > Text children > > > > parentDocument.idText.alpha = 0.3; > > > It works. > > On 11/4/06, Mark Piller <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have a container (I tried VBox and Panel) that contains several Text > and Label components. If I change the alpha property for the > container, I get some transparency for the background, but not the > children. Is there a trick I am missing? Is there a simple way to > apply the transparency to everything a container contains? > > Thanks, > Mark > > > > > -- > ---------------------------- > Igor Costa > www.igorcosta.com <http://www.igorcosta.com> > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
