Drop Shadow in Text Field

[Terry Judd]

On 26/07/2012, at 12:53 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:

> A graphic effect will usually respect whatever transparency is present in a
> control.  So I think your only option is to have the field be transparent
> and the dropshadow effect applied to the text, with a graphic or other
> object behind it.

You can group the transparent field (with itself), set the margins of the group to zero and set the opaque of the group to true.

Terry...

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX Design
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> 
> Recently, Randy Hengst wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> When a drop shadow is applied to an opaque field, the shadow is shown around
>> the edge of the fieldS not the text itself.
>> 
>> When a drop shadow is applied to a transparent field, the drop shadow is
>> applied to the text.
>> 
>> Is there any way to have a drop shadow on the text for an opaque field?
>> 
>> be well,
>> randy
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Dr Terry Judd
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
Medical Eduction Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne