EQInterface Forums - order of screen pieces important

09-21-2002, 11:50 PM	#1
grottel Grimling Code Editor Join Date: Sep 2002 Server: Xev Posts: 507	order of screen pieces important While working on the bazaar search mod I learned that the order the pieces are listed makes a big difference. For example, the combobox drop-down showed up but was actually behind the listbox and once the listbox was populated, both became unreadable due to transpareny overlay. By ensuring the combobox was drawn last, it ended up on top of the listbox and did not generate any transparency. The weird part was that even when there was transparency, the control retained focus. Don't get hung up on how this sounds, just know that switching the order of the <piece></piece> can sometimes solve transprancy issues.

09-22-2002, 04:18 AM	#2
guice Keeper of the Hampster Join Date: Jul 2002 Server: Mithaniel Marr Posts: 598	EQ places each element into the window one by one, starting from the top going to the bottom. EQ doesn't understand the concept of Z-Indexes. So it will place them one by one, with the first one first, next one, on top and down the line. It affects all <Pieces> elements in game. You can create nice effects in places, if you play with it a bit. __________________ Sithr, 65th Transcendent Officer/Leader of Chronology Mithaniel Marr http://www.chronology-guild.org/

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