[Interest] Transparent QML Menu

[Thomas Sevaldrud]

Ok, I couldn't actually make it work, but I have now abandoned the idea and
will solve it without menus.

Thanks anyway :)

- Thomas

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Mark Gaiser <markg85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I meant a menu instead of tooltip. Sorry for any confusion there.
>
> As for how to use it, this is unknown territory for me since i never used
> the platform components. I'm guessing you use them since you talk about a
> Menu which is part of QtQuick.Controls.
> What you "probably" want is setting a different style for the menu
> container which can be done with the MenuStyle {} component [1].
>
> Here you "probably" want to modify the styleData.type: MenuItemType.Menu.
> It would look somewhat like this:
>
> MenuStyle {
>   id: yourStyle
>   styleData.type: MenuItemType.Menu
>   frame: Window { ... }
> }
>
> Menu {
>   style: yourStyle
> }
>
> This is a complete guess. I don't know if this would work for you. Others
> can probably help you with more specific examples.
>
> [1] http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qml-qtquick-controls-styles-menustyle.html
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Thomas Sevaldrud <thomas at silentwings.no>
> wrote:
>
>> Ok thanks, but I'm not sure I understood how to use this on a Menu.
>> Should the Menu element be contained in this new toplevel window, or how
>> should I use this?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Thomas
>>
>> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Mark Gaiser <markg85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Isn't that possible by re-implementing the tooltip using a Window {}
>>> element and setting flags?
>>>
>>> Example:
>>>
>>> import QtQuick 2.4
>>>
>>> import QtQuick.Window 2.2
>>>
>>> import QtQuick.Controls 1.3
>>>
>>>
>>> Window  {
>>>
>>>     width: 360
>>>
>>>     height: 360
>>>
>>>     visible: true
>>>
>>>     color: "#00000000"
>>>
>>>     flags: Qt.FramelessWindowHint | Qt.WA_TranslucentBackground
>>>
>>>
>>>     Rectangle {
>>>
>>>         width: 100
>>>
>>>         height: 100
>>>
>>>         color: "red"
>>>
>>>     }
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> Note: the color: "#00000000" is important!
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 12:23 PM, deDietrich Gabriel <
>>> Gabriel.deDietrich at theqtcompany.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Hi Thomas,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  This is currently unsupported, unfortunately. If you think it should,
>>>> please open a suggestion on the bug tracker.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Best regards,
>>>>
>>>>  Dr. Gabriel de Dietrich
>>>> Senior Software Developer
>>>> The Qt Company — www.qt.io
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* interest-bounces+gabriel.dedietrich=
>>>> theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org <interest-bounces+gabriel.dedietrich=
>>>> theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org> on behalf of Thomas Sevaldrud <
>>>> thomas at silentwings.no>
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, May 15, 2015 12:21 AM
>>>> *To:* Interest at qt-project.org
>>>> *Subject:* [Interest] Transparent QML Menu
>>>>
>>>>  Hi, I just wondered if it is possible to make a transparent Menu in
>>>> QML? I have set up the background element in the MenuStyle as a
>>>> semi-transparent rectangle, but it appears to be a white rectangle behind
>>>> it that shows through.
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks,
>>>> Thomas.
>>>>
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