Thanks for the hint to import the snapshot from the group. I followed Jim's instructions w/o success and was a little disappointed.
- Matthias Rebbe Life Is Too Short For Boring Code > Am 12.09.2020 um 00:32 schrieb Marty Knapp via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > I was just tinkering with this and it wouldn’t work until I changed the > “import snapshot" from card to “import snapshot” from the group. But that’s a > very cool trick! Thanks Jim. > > Marty > >> On Sep 11, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Jim Lambert via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >>> DavidB wrote: >>> >>> the text and some other elements to be visible but the stack background to >>> be transparent >> >> >> Start with a card having a field and a button. >> 1. Create a GRC retangle the same rect as the card. >> >> 2. Set its opaque to false. >> >> 3. Set its linesize to 0. >> >> 4. Send it to back. >> >> 5. Group it with the field and a button. >> >> 6. Set the threeD of the Group to false. >> >> 7. Set both the borderwidth and margins of the group to 0. >> >> 8. Import snapshot from this card. >> >> 9. Hide last image. >> >> 10. Set the windowshape of this stack to the id of the last image. >> >> >> This results in the field and button 'floating independently' over whatever >> else is on your screen. That is, the rest of the card is invisible. >> _______________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
