custom buttons

Chris Sheffield cm_sheffield at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 21 14:17:00 EST 2003


Thanks, Scott.  I'll give that a try.

Chris Sheffield
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--- Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
> Recently, "Chris Sheffield"  wrote:
> 
> > Why is it that if I use a transparent button with
> a
> > custom image, I can't get the button label to look
> > right?  If I enter a label such as "Exit" for my
> > button, and select the Show Name property, the
> label
> > displays below the custom graphic, not centered on
> it.
> > I can adjust the margins so that the label seems
> to
> > be centered on the button, but it displays behind
> the
> > image, not on top of it.  Is there any way to make
> > this work.  Seems like strange behavior.
> 
> Looks like that's just the default behavior.  An
> alternate option you can
> use is to place your transparent button with label
> (no icon) on a forwqrd
> layer and place a second button behind it in which
> you display your button
> states.  This requires that you use two objects for
> each button but it will
> provide the effect you want.
> 
> Otherwise, it's not unusual to place button labels
> below buttons (a lot of
> Mac OSX is designed this way).  You might want to
> consider this approach.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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