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Article #232Re: Does SelectFill work?
From: CATS
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1989 17:29
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1989 17:29
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In article <3837@sdsu.UUCP> lindwall@sdsu.UUCP (John Lindwall) writes:
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> I am playing with Intuition menus. It seems that the HIGHIMAGE style
>of highlighting only works for Image items and not Intuitext items.
>
> I've created an Intuitext menu item with Flags = HIGHIMAGE | ITEMTEXT.
>I've supplied the ItemFill pointer and a SelectFill pointer. When the menu
>drops the ItemFill text is displayed as expected. When the mouse pointer is
>moved over the item it seems that the SelectFill text is overwritten on top
>of the ItemFill text. Thus the text is unreadable - since both strings are
>visible simultaneously, on top of one another. I guess Intuition forgot to
>erase the ItemFill text before zapping the SelectFill text in there.
>
> Image MenuItems using SelectFill seem to work fine.
>
> I've never seen anyone use this methods of highlighting and I guess I
>now know why. Is this a bug, a feature, or am I hosed up in some way?
>
>--------------------
>John Lindwall johnl@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM
>The above opinions are mine, not my employer's.
I bet you are specifying the JAM1 drawing mode for the IntuiText structures.
Use JAM2 and it will work. For an interesting effect, try COMPLEMENT mode.
Adam
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!apple!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!adam From: adam@cbmvax.UUCP ( CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Does SelectFill work? Summary: Yes, use JAM2 mode Keywords: Menu Intuition SelectFill Message-ID: <7157@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 28 Jun 89 17:29:25 GMT References: <3837@sdsu.UUCP> Reply-To: adam@cbmvax.UUCP (Adam Levin - CATS) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 30