Alpha layers on skins

[eye_onus]

I want to have one layer of a skin be partially transparent, and this layer is the bottom layer, also- the only thing underneath it is the background image.

While I am able to make the layer transparent, doing so causes the area underneath the layer to be black- since the only thing under the layer is the background, I have no idea what the hell's going on.

The background image is pure alpha channel, and outside the area of the layer the background image is exactly as it should be- invisible.

How do I get rid of the blakcness under the semi-transparent layer without making the layer fully opaque?

Eye/Onus

[The Cool Dude]

make sure the the w and h properties of the group is greater than what its h and w properties actualy are. also try putting an fully opaque layer that covers the black part and if this is covering any buttons etc make sure u add 'ghost="1"' to ur layer.

[eye_onus]

I don't think your understanding what my problem is: The layer shows up perfectly, it's transparent to the point I want it to be, the only problem is the black showing up.

The semi-transparent layer is supposed to be on the bottom, like if you had a pane of glass with an LCD matrix in it. I want to be able to see the window behind Winamp, whether it's M$IE or Photoshop- whatever- and I need to figure out how to get rid of the blackness for it to work. I know that I can use the Winamp Preferences to set the skins opacity and do it that way- but that set the opacity of everything, and all I want non-opaque is the background screen.

Because of that, I can't put a fully opaque layer underneath, and i don't need ghosting because it's literally the bottom layer- there's nothing underneath but the background.

[krckoorascic]

try turning Desktop Alpha ON?

[eye_onus]

It is on.

[nspmangalore]

had a similar idea when i was skinning, but gave up when the black thing wouldnt go.

[eye_onus]

Okay, since it seems that black thing isn't going away, does anyone know if there're .onEnterArea & .onLeaveArea type event calls that apply to the entire layout as a whole?

Eye/Onus

[The Cool Dude]

use a timer and use this function :
isMouseOverRect()

[krckoorascic]

or use these two events

code:


Layout.onMouseEnterLayout();

Layout.onMouseLeaveLayout();

[eye_onus]

I've tried to use those events, they don't seem to work for unknown reasons.

[The Cool Dude]

do u use WA 5.08? do u use the latest SDK?

[eye_onus]

I'm using the latest version of Winamp- 5.08e
I don't as far as the SDK, because all I'm using from the SDK is mc.exe and std.mi- I don't know what version they were released with, but I do know there's no compile error- they just don't do anything.

[leechbite]

yeah those 2 functions didnt work for me either.

[The Cool Dude]

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=184047

[krckoorascic]

not works for me too now checked, sorry i just seen them in std.mi never tryed them till now...

them u have to use a timer with GuiObject.isMouseOver(int x, int y) function... something like this:

code:


Global Boolean isin;

urTimer.onTimer()

{

 if(urLayout.isMouseOver(getMousePosX(), getMousePosY())

  if(!isin)

    {

      isin=true;

      //on mouse enter layout

    }

 else

   {

     isin=false;

     //on mouse leave layout

   }

}

[rohan_pwln]

got the same problem

[Pimousse38]

this work fine

code:
HintObject.onEnterArea() { your stuff }

HintObject.onLeaveArea() { your stuff }

[eye_onus]

The HintObject code will work on all of Winamp, as in when the mouse enters/leaves the visible area of the skin?

If that's what your saying- thank you much, that's exactly what I need.

Eye/Onus

[Pimousse38]

extract of std.mi :

code:
/**

 onEnterArea()



 Hookable. Event happens when the mouse

 enters the objects area.

*/

extern GuiObject.onEnterArea();



/**

 onLeaveArea()



 Hookable. Event happens when the mouse

 leaves the objects area.

*/

extern GuiObject.onLeaveArea();