Re: [osg-users] rectangle behind osgText

Hi Terry, After some more searching I found that there is already a BOUNDINGBOX draw mode in osgText::Text. It draws an outline around the block of text. It looks unfinished, though, because it can only draw with colorMultiplier as the color and it has no extra margin. It's easy to adapt this

Re: [osg-users] rectangle behind osgText

l.com www.reallyslick.com / www.mogumbo.com > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:04:04 -0400 > From: Jean-S?bastien Guay > Subject: Re: [osg-users] rectangle behind osgText > To: OpenSceneGraph Users > Message-ID: <4a666584.4080...@cm-labs.com> > Content-Typ

Re: [osg-users] rectangle behind osgText

Hi Terry, Does OSG have any sort of convenience routine for drawing a semi-transparent rectangle behind a block of osgText? This would make text a little easier to read against distracting background imagery. Not that I know of, but you're right, it's something that I have often needed to do

[osg-users] rectangle behind osgText

Does OSG have any sort of convenience routine for drawing a semi-transparent rectangle behind a block of osgText? This would make text a little easier to read against distracting background imagery. -- Terry Welsh / mogumbo 'at' gmail.com www.reallyslick.com / www.mogumbo.com _