Possible : stack with transparent backgound?

[matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de]

Thanks for the hint to import the snapshot from the group. I followed Jim's instructions w/o success and was a little disappointed.


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Matthias Rebbe
Life Is Too Short For Boring Code

> Am 12.09.2020 um 00:32 schrieb Marty Knapp via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> I was just tinkering with this and it wouldn’t work until I changed the “import snapshot" from card to “import snapshot” from the group. But that’s a very cool trick! Thanks Jim.
> 
> Marty
> 
>> On Sep 11, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Jim Lambert via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> DavidB wrote:
>>> 
>>> the text and some other elements to be visible but the stack background to be transparent 
>> 
>> 
>> Start with a card having a field and a button.
>> 1. Create a GRC retangle the same rect as the card.
>> 
>> 2. Set its opaque to false.
>> 
>> 3. Set its linesize to 0.
>> 
>> 4. Send it to back.
>> 
>> 5. Group it with the field and a button.
>> 
>> 6. Set the threeD of the Group to false.
>> 
>> 7. Set both the borderwidth and margins of the group to 0.
>> 
>> 8. Import snapshot from this card.
>> 
>> 9. Hide last image.
>> 
>> 10. Set the windowshape of this stack to the id of the last image.
>> 
>> 
>> This results in the field and button 'floating independently' over whatever else is on your screen. That is, the rest of the card is invisible.
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