Rodrigo, To get the desired effect you're going to have to use more than one shape sprite. Use one in front of your menu with the ink set to Reverse. Use another behind the menu with the ink set to Copy or Blend. You'll have to set the color of the sprite behind the menu to the spectral opposite of what you want since it is under a sprite with Reverse ink. For example, if you want the highlight to appear blue, you'll need to set the color to yellow. And don't forget to make the menu sprite to Background Transparent or Blend (other inks may work as well).
And here's a pretty neat thing - if you set both of the shape sprite to reverse, they both appear transparent, but the menu test reverses out. Jeremy Aker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.periscope3.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:00:17 -0200 From: Rodrigo Peres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: <lingo-l> semi transparent drop down menus Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi list, I'm using a drop down menu, crated by Peter Small in the book Lingo Sorcery. it's great. The basis is a black shape that is constrained to another vertical shape all over a text field. It works pretty well but.... I need to create a semi transparent drop down menu and with the highlight in blue and white letters, does anyone have an idea??? I've tried to modify the script but I couldn't make it to work with text castmembers (that may supposed to blend ink) and tried to change the color of the highlight shape, but the text still black. The real example use a reverse ink. I appreciate any help. thank's in advance Rodrigo Peres [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
