Re: bordercolor of buttons

2021-06-08 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode

I usually just use a graphic instead of a button.

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On June 8, 2021 10:37:49 PM Paul Hibbert via use-livecode 
 wrote:



Like Sean points out, this is caused by the “threeD” property being on.

I don’t think it’s a bug, it’s just the nature of the beast, I seem to 
remember that the threeD effect is generated by pre-made graphics or 
images, although I may be totally wrong. It would be useful if this kind of 
info was in the dictionary, then we wouldn’t be forced to rely on ageing 
grey matter quite so much.


Anyway, the way I have managed to overcome this in the past is to use an 
Inner Glow effect set to 1 or 2 pixels. You can also add a 1px Outer Glow 
for a more intense colour effect. You have to be aware that it is adding 
colour to grey, so it’s not perfect, but it does allow you to use some 
colour on the border of a standard button while keeping the rounded corners 
and threeD effect.


I totally agree that setting the "Border Color" Property would be much 
easier though.


Pau

On 7Jun, 2021, at 7:53 AM, ELS Prothero via use-livecode 
 wrote:


Folks,
This issue also confused me recently when I was making an app for my own 
use. It seems like an idiosyncrasy to me, even tho a pretty minor one that 
could be mentioned in the dictionary.

Best,
Bill

William Prothero
https://earthlearningsolutions.org

On Jun 7, 2021, at 7:30 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode 
 wrote:


Hi Sean,

Am 06.06.2021 um 23:40 schrieb Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode 
:


Klaus,
Forecolor IS the border color. It always has been for shapes including
circles, polygons and custom shapes.


yes, but I was clearly referring to a button.


Buttons have a bordercolor property but only visible if 3d is off.


AND if they are not "roundrect"!
Then the BORDERCOLOR does nto work!
It does if you switch to e.g. "rectangle".

And that was puzzling me a bit. 8-)


Sean


On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 at 14:20, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Hi friends,

bug or feature?

I have a "roundrect" button and cannot set its BORDERCOLOR!?
I have to set the FOREGROUNDCOLOR which also affects its BORDERCOLOR.

This is not the case if I set the buttons type to e.g. "rectangle", then
the before
set BORDERCOLOR will be displayed.

No hint in the dictionary about this, so but or feature? :-)


Best

Klaus

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Re: bordercolor of buttons

2021-06-08 Thread Paul Hibbert via use-livecode
Like Sean points out, this is caused by the “threeD” property being on.

I don’t think it’s a bug, it’s just the nature of the beast, I seem to remember 
that the threeD effect is generated by pre-made graphics or images, although I 
may be totally wrong. It would be useful if this kind of info was in the 
dictionary, then we wouldn’t be forced to rely on ageing grey matter quite so 
much.

Anyway, the way I have managed to overcome this in the past is to use an Inner 
Glow effect set to 1 or 2 pixels. You can also add a 1px Outer Glow for a more 
intense colour effect. You have to be aware that it is adding colour to grey, 
so it’s not perfect, but it does allow you to use some colour on the border of 
a standard button while keeping the rounded corners and threeD effect. 

I totally agree that setting the "Border Color" Property would be much easier 
though.

Pau

> On 7Jun, 2021, at 7:53 AM, ELS Prothero via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> This issue also confused me recently when I was making an app for my own use. 
> It seems like an idiosyncrasy to me, even tho a pretty minor one that could 
> be mentioned in the dictionary.
> Best,
> Bill
> 
> William Prothero
> https://earthlearningsolutions.org
> 
>> On Jun 7, 2021, at 7:30 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Sean,
>> 
>>> Am 06.06.2021 um 23:40 schrieb Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode 
>>> :
>>> 
>>> Klaus,
>>> Forecolor IS the border color. It always has been for shapes including
>>> circles, polygons and custom shapes.
>> 
>> yes, but I was clearly referring to a button.
>> 
>>> Buttons have a bordercolor property but only visible if 3d is off.
>> 
>> AND if they are not "roundrect"!
>> Then the BORDERCOLOR does nto work!
>> It does if you switch to e.g. "rectangle".
>> 
>> And that was puzzling me a bit. 8-)
>> 
>>> Sean
>>> 
 On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 at 14:20, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
 use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
 
 Hi friends,
 
 bug or feature?
 
 I have a "roundrect" button and cannot set its BORDERCOLOR!?
 I have to set the FOREGROUNDCOLOR which also affects its BORDERCOLOR.
 
 This is not the case if I set the buttons type to e.g. "rectangle", then
 the before
 set BORDERCOLOR will be displayed.
 
 No hint in the dictionary about this, so but or feature? :-)
>> 
>> Best
>> 
>> Klaus
>> 
>> --
>> Klaus Major
>> https://www.major-k.de
>> https://www.major-k.de/bass
>> kl...@major-k.de
>> 
>> 
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