transparent button : how to ??

[Hellfrog]

Hi all

sorry for my bad english, it ain't my native langage.

I have been working on a TB profile for BS for several weeks, and it is well advanced.

I have just one problem.

I know how to have a transparent button on a tab if this tab has an opaque image on itself : in that case you can't see the screen under TB but you see the image of the TAB bakground, and you do NOT see the transparent button over it.
But I want to have a transparent tab, (I know how to do that),
AND a transparent button on it : so that I CAN see what is displayed under TB on the screen.

I don't know how to do that.

Can someone help me please ? Or is it impossible ?

thank you for your help.

[Wild.Bill.Kelso]

I have never tried this Hellfrog. But make sure the button has a higher Layer number than everything else to keep it on top.

[Hellfrog]

layer is not the problem, already checked.

EDIT :
"than EVERYTHING else"

hmmm answered too quickly... I must admit I have to verify that point, maybe one area on the screen has 4 layers, and maybe my button is only at layer 2 although it is on another area... maybe it's a way to explore... I will test and comment...


RE EDIT :
tested : layer upgraded, no effect, the problem is always here.

[Hellfrog]

up...
no one ?

[Wild.Bill.Kelso]

Have you tried just using a non-transparent button on the transparent tab to see if that will work? I think you are trying to do something we did not thing of when testing TB. But I would start with a transparent tab, and use a normal button and see if that works. Then, I would try a button that is just partially transparent to see if that works. Maybe just a transparent button with a visible X on it? Then try a totally transparent button.

Also, I would turn on the button borders option so you can see where the button is. TB should draw an outline around the button. That would help to know if TB actually knows that you have a button there maybe?

WBK

[Hellfrog]

Originally Posted by Wild.Bill.Kelso

Have you tried just using a non-transparent button on the transparent tab to see if that will work?

All my profile is done that way

Originally Posted by Wild.Bill.Kelso

I think you are trying to do something we did not thing of when testing TB.

Sorry for that point, but that could be a great thing for people using TB with the mouse on a second screen

Originally Posted by Wild.Bill.Kelso

Then try a totally transparent button.

Already done : that is the problem, it display the place where the button is, with the color defined as transparent in the tab

Originally Posted by Wild.Bill.Kelso

Also, I would turn on the button borders option so you can see where the button is. TB should draw an outline around the button. That would help to know if TB actually knows that you have a button there maybe?

Already done, no problem, buton is here and is functionning

Originally Posted by Wild.Bill.Kelso

I would try a button that is just partially transparent to see if that works. Maybe just a transparent button with a visible X on it?

I will try and test and post back...


My thougts are :
I don't know what the way it is functionning to have something transparent... (technical aspect) ; I think about some logical operation between bit values of pixels between the different layers...

there are 3 layers :
the screen display is the first one : I want to see it
the tab is the second one
the buton is the third one

tab has a color defined for transparency
buton has the same color defined for transparancy (anything else lead to a non transparent buton)

if there is no buton, tab layer is not visible
if there is a normal buton, buton is visible, and nothing else is visible under it
if the buton is transparent and the same color as the tab, that particular color is displayed on the screen at the place the buton is and the screen is not visible under it : is it the buton color that is dispalyed or an interaction between buton and tab : no way to conclude...

I think the transparent thing is only available when nothing else is under or over EITHER the tab OR the buton, but not available whith the two ones altogether.

I don't know enough in pixel display stuff to go forehead in that thougts...