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 "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. And the > architecture would be best served by keeping really disparate content > in different substacks. I will put in a feature request... > > I suppose we could also go for building a group and then hiding and > showing that... if all we are presenting to the user is a set of > controls or info like a help window or big giant calendar/date picker. > Again, this tends to overload the main stack when substacks would be a > better way to manage the content. > > Or: use "sheet" and be content with the "drop from the top" default effect. > > BR > > Scott Rossi wrote: >> 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, >> expand/contract effects by repeatedly changing the stack's rect, or a >> morph-type effect by repeatedly chafing a stack's windowShape to a sequence >> of images. >> >> There may be ways to fake the effect you're looking but they're a bit messy. >> One way would be to capture the portion of the desktop where you intend to >> display your stack in a decoration-less stack. You could reveal a snapshot >> of your real stack in the capture stack using whatever effect you want, >> display your real stack above the capture stack, then remove the capture >> stack from view using blendLevel of 100 and close. >> >> Perhaps one of the above would work for you. >> _______________________________________________ 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
