How can I make animated drop-down menus in DesktopX?
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 by Stu L Tissimus | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I've seen it in a few themes (I think), for instance, in the Alien Technology DX theme. So how do I do it?
gef
Reply #2 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 9:13 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 9:13 AM
It'not as difficult as it seems.
Firstly, the menus themselves arn't animated, they just fade in and out. If you right-click a menu, select properties-appearance then look at the 'animation' and 'alpha-blending'
settings, you will see how this is done.
It is the objects above the menus that are animated. If you right-click the object (in this case a screw thread), and select appearance you will see what bitmap I used.It's a series of bitmaps joined together.You then have to again go to 'animation' which sets the number of frames. You can read up on this here:
https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/tutorial.html
Firstly, the menus themselves arn't animated, they just fade in and out. If you right-click a menu, select properties-appearance then look at the 'animation' and 'alpha-blending'
settings, you will see how this is done.
It is the objects above the menus that are animated. If you right-click the object (in this case a screw thread), and select appearance you will see what bitmap I used.It's a series of bitmaps joined together.You then have to again go to 'animation' which sets the number of frames. You can read up on this here:
https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/tutorial.html
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Reply #1 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 6:41 AM
my advice is to study the config files of the Alien Technology theme. i think is using code similar to the bouncing ball object (at least that´s how i would do it in LS). maybe the bouncing ball object comes with documentation. reading the manuals is always a good idea.