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Old 06-09-2013, 11:09 PM   #1
Angahran
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Just a quick question (I don't have time now to try this out).
Is it possible to create a button with no graphic assigned to it, so it is basically a transparent box ?

The idea I have is, I currently have two timers for my tribute.
I was wondering if I could create two new buttons that were transparent, place them directly over these timers, and have them as the activate/deactivate buttons.

Does that make sense ?

Anyone done this ?

If not I'll go ahead and give it a try once I get a little more time.

Thanks.
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Old 06-09-2013, 11:19 PM   #2
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Yes. It can be done. I use transparent buttons in a few places in my UI. You will need to declare a full button template, but can either use an actual image with transparency or simply declare a dummy image template that references a non-existing graphic file.

Be advised, with the tribute activate buttons, the text is hardcoded to the button. It is not possible to remove the Activate / Deactivate text. Therefore, you most likely will not be able to read the timer underneath it. I tried the same thing with those buttons.
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Old 06-10-2013, 12:10 AM   #3
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Yes. It can be done. I use transparent buttons in a few places in my UI. You will need to declare a full button template, but can either use an actual image with transparency or simply declare a dummy image template that references a non-existing graphic file.

Be advised, with the tribute activate buttons, the text is hardcoded to the button. It is not possible to remove the Activate / Deactivate text. Therefore, you most likely will not be able to read the timer underneath it. I tried the same thing with those buttons.


Thanks for the info.

guess it's back to drawing board :P

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