I use animation engine to slide an opaque group into view. You can slide it
from anywhere, to anywhere. Works perfectly, just like a drawer.
John B
No, I can't point to a version of LiveCode where this ever worked... I
was dreaming again (ha!)
So... it can't be done, except by these
Read the dictionary...
'The visual effect command affects only navigation within a window. If
you want to create a transition effect when moving between stacks, use
the go...in window form of the go command:'
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:58:40 -1000
From: bra...@hindu.org
To:
John: right... I did read the dictionary.
but we don't want the substack being revealed to take over the window of
the main stack.
and, this doesn't work:
on mouseUp
visual effect reveal up very slowly
go stack Choose Date in new window
end mouseUp
I presume, because, new window
I don't know that it has ever been possible to use a visual effect when
launching a stack. Can you point to a version of LiveCode where this works?
The only stack-level effects I've been able to manage are a
dissolve-into-view effect by setting the stack's blendLevel from 100 to 0,
No, I can't point to a version of LiveCode where this ever worked... I
was dreaming again (ha!)
So... it can't be done, except by these messy methods you describe.
I guess we will have to live without it. Too bad, as many modern UX
designs call for the cool appearance of content like this.
