Transparent hilitecolor

Scott Rossi scott at tactilemedia.com
Sat Feb 23 00:23:35 EST 2013


Inks are the only things I get.  Regex, databases, all the recent CVS talk makes my eyes glaze over and drool start running down my chin.  And not in a good way.


Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design

-------- Original message --------
Subject: Re: Transparent hilitecolor 
From: "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> 
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> 
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That's it! Thanks Scott, that's perfect. I should have known you'd have 
the answer. Inks make me stupid.


On 2/22/13 10:44 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> Not sure exactly what effect you're looking for, but if your field has
> black text, you could set the hiliteColor of the field to white and set
> the ink effect of the field to multiply.  This will cause the hilite to
> appear transparent.
>
> Please explain again if that's not the effect you want.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX Design
>
>
>
>
> On 2/22/13 7:49 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a transparent list field over an image. I would like to track
>> selections using the convenience of the hilitedline but I don't want any
>> color to actually show, since it obscures the image behind it. Does
>> anyone know a trick to set a transparent hilitepattern or hilitecolor?
>>
>> --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com

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