[ wxwindows-Patches-1517144 ] Make wxAUI hint windows fade

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Patches item #1517144, was opened at 2006-07-04 19:37
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Category: Generic
Group: new feature
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Alex Bligh (abligh)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Make wxAUI hint windows fade

Initial Comment:
This patch allows wxAUI hint windows to fade in and out
on platforms other than WXMSW.

Docking-hint windows do not look nice on platforms
other than MSW where it is possible to set the opacity
of a window. Moreover, they tend to leave debris over
the page. This patch provides a "venetian blind" effect
to allow pseudo-transparent docking hints. It has been
tested on XaraLX for about 6 months with no ill effect.

The blinds have to be venetian rather than a stipple or
the wxRegion can get ridiculously large.

It is certainly not as beautiful as the fading hint
windows on MSW, but I cannot find any way to reliably
simulate these. Reading from the screen is slow and
unpredictable. I don't think we will get much better
support here until we can set a TLW's opacity via the
underlying OS (esp on GTK). I therefore reluctantly
propose we make this the default for OS's which do not
support translucent windows. But I'd welcome discussion
or alternatives.



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