Drop Shadow in Text Field

[Randy Hengst]

Well Terry, that's very cool…  thanks for the suggestion.

be well,
randy
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On Jul 25, 2012, at 10:06 PM, Terry Judd wrote:

> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 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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