Usng an image to "disable" a group

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Terry,
Unfortunately, as soon as I change the opacity of the image to anything
other than zero, it becomes possible for the user to type into any field
controls in the group.

Pete
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On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Terry Judd <terry.judd at unimelb.edu.au>
wrote:

> I¹m with Scott. A similar approach I sometimes use is to chuck a plain
> graphic object (black or other colour) over the group and adjust its
> opacity to give the desired effect. It¹s then just a matter of hiding or
> showing the graphic, which is no more difficult the enabling or disabling
> the group.
>
> Terry...
>
> On 22/09/2014 11:38 am, "Scott Rossi" <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
>
> >Did you try using a colorOverlay effect on the snapshot and/or group?
> >You can choose any color you want, and set the opacity of the effect.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Scott Rossi
> >Creative Director
> >Tactile Media UX/UI Design
> >
> >> On Sep 21, 2014, at 6:29 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Basically I'm trying to block access to groups on a card until allowed
> >>by
> >> script. Right now, I do it by disabling/enabling the groups when
> >> appropriate.  That works just fine but I was trying to find a better
> >>way to
> >> visually indicate that a group is disabled instead of the faded grey
> >>color
> >> that LC uses.
> >
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