Clicking A Button With An Icon

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Bridger Maxwell wrote:

> I noticed that the mouseUp message is not sent to an image when the user
> clicks on a part of the image that is transparent.  However, when the user
> clicks on a transparent-type button with its icon set to the same image, the
> mousUp message is sent regardless of the transparency of the pixel.  Is
> there any way to apply that behavior of the image to the button?  Right now
> I have a set of icons that are all 32 x 32, but if the actual colored
> portion of the icon is smaller (which it often is), I don't want the button
> the receive the mouseUp message.  Is there a way to do this?  Another
> possible solution would be to resize the buttons according to the size of
> the painted portion of the icon, but I don't know if that is possible
> either.

If the behavior you want is exhibited by images, why don't you use images in
place of the buttons?

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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