WindowShape

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Mike and Scott.

Recreated the graphic and set its opaque to true before exporting it and
that fixed the problem.

Pete
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>
wrote:

> Hi Pete:
>
> If you were to position the snapshot image at the topLeft of your stack,
> would the controls you can't see fall within the rect of the image?  Am
> asking because it doesn't matter where the image resides on a card, the
> mask is always drawn from the topLeft of the stack.  So the controls would
> have to be positioned within the rect: 0,0,width of your image, height of
> your image.
>
> (Also, your image needs to be opaque or have some opacity to be seen, but
> I'm sure you know this.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>
>
>
>
> On 9/12/14 12:02 PM, "Peter Haworth" <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
>
> >Using the windowshape property of a stack for the first time and things
> >aren't working quite as expected.
> >
> >I created a rounded rectangle graphic and then exported a snapshot of it
> >to
> >an image.  When the stack is opened, I set the windowshape to the id of
> >the
> >image.
> >
> >I see the outline of the card but none of the controls on it are visible.
> > I suspect this is something to do with the "1-bit transparency mask" and
> >"full alpha mask" described in the windowshape dictionary entry.
> >
> >The only masks I know about are the Lone Ranger's and the ones you see on
> >Halloween so I'd be grateful if some kind graphics person could enlighten
> >me as to what I need to do to get this working :-)
> >
> >Pete
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