On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 08:19:34AM +0200, Olivier Chapuis wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 04:03:59PM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 07:58:05AM -0600, S. Anderson wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 10:43:28AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 07:34:53PM -0600, S. Anderson wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 08:12:16PM -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > > > > > > Steve Talley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > I didn't get any response to this on the FVWM user's list, so I > > > > > > > thought I'd try the devel list. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hmm, looks like this slipped thru the cracks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve Talley wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been using shaped desktop icons which look very spiffy but > > > > > > > > present a frequent problem. When I go to click on an icon, > > > > > > > > about > > > > > > > > half the time (depending on the icon) I end up clicking on a > > > > > > > > transparent part of the icon, which gets passed through to the > > > > > > > > desktop. The result is that the root menu pops up instead of > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > intended deiconification. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just thought I would mention, if you use png images for your Icons, > > > > > clicking on the transparent part will do what you want. > > > > > > > > Um, really? But we haven't implemented anything like this in > > > > fvwm. > > > > > > > > > > hmm, mabey the transparent part of my icon isn't completely transparent > > > then. It is here if you want to look at it. > > > http://www.xmission.com/~sa/terminal.png > > > > Teehee, funny! PNGs work with the ParentRelative attribute to > > implement transparency. Have you tried to drag a PNG icon across > > a window? > > > > Olivier, is that a feature of the PNG lib or did you write this? > > > > No, I have implemented this. Of course the solution is not perfect. I > was award of the problem you point out: icon with alpha over a window > (there are also small pbs with background change if you do not use an > Esetroot or fvwm-root compatible programs). >
Or maybe we should use the icon title bg color as bg for alpha blend rendering. But, using ParentalRelativity seems to me more consistent with the rendering of an icon with a mask and no alpha. In both case an icon with some alpha over a window will look strange. > The only other solution I see is to implement two new style > IconBackgroundColorset and HilightIconBackgroundColorset, plus a style > to control the size of the background and the relief. It is on my todo > list, but if one want to do it there is no problems :o) > Olivier -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
