BitmapButtonCustomGui hover

Hi folks,

is there a flag to prevent the change in background colour when you hover over a BitmapButtonCustomGui with a transparent image on it? I want just a static image that does nothing when you mouse over. I'm currently using a GeUserArea, which works fine, but seems a little cumbersome to make just for a static image.

Or is the user area the only way?

WP.

Hi @WickedP,

thank you for reaching out to us. And the answer to your question is: Yes, this is possible with a BitmapButtonCustomGui . However, this feature is only available with S22 onwards (please remember to add version tags to your posting in the future). The relevant flags are documented here for C++ and here for Python (I am aware that you are on C++, but the Python docs are a bit nicer in this case). The settings flag you can use for this with S22+ is BITMAPBUTTON_DISABLE_FADING. I have added the little Python script with which I did test the flag at the end. When you need a specific C++ version or any further help, please do not hesitate to ask.

Cheers,
Ferdinand

import c4d

class PC13071Dialog(c4d.gui.GeDialog):
    """Dialog demonstrating a CUSTOMGUI_BITMAPBUTTON with a static background
    color.
    """
    ID_BITMAP_BUTTON = 10000 # The gadget ID for the button.

    def CreateLayout(self):
        """Creates the layout for the dialog.
        """
        # The settings for the CUSTOMGUI_BITMAPBUTTON
        bc = c4d.BaseContainer()
        # Its a bitmap button.
        bc[c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_BUTTON] = True
        # The first icon (and only icon for a non-toggle button).
        bc[c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_ICONID1] = c4d.OBJECT_FIGURE
        # The default background color.
        bc[c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_BACKCOLOR] = c4d.COLOR_BG
        # Disable the mouse over fading. This feature is only available in
        # S22 onwards (which the C++ docs do not currently point out 
        # correctly).
        bc[c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_DISABLE_FADING] = False
        # Add the gadget.
        self.bitmapButton = self.AddCustomGui(PC13071Dialog.ID_BITMAP_BUTTON,
                                              c4d.CUSTOMGUI_BITMAPBUTTON, "",
                                              c4d.BFH_CENTER | c4d.BFV_CENTER,
                                              0, 0, bc)

        return True

def main():
    """Entry point.
    """
    # Little nasty hack to expose the dialog object to the module and make 
    # async dialogs work (which is required for the bitmap button). Please 
    # do not do this an production environment. This is only for the purpose
    # of quickly demonstrating the CUSTOMGUI_BITMAPBUTTON.
    global dialog
    # Open our dialog.
    dialog = PC13071Dialog()
    dialog.Open(dlgtype=c4d.DLG_TYPE_ASYNC, defaultw=-2, defaulth=-2)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Thanks Ferdinand,

sounds like it won't be available for me (I'm pre-s22). I can live with the GeUserArea, but good to know it's available for more recent releases.

Two other things. Firstly, congrats on becoming a Maxon support member!

Secondly, I can't seem to mark any topics of mine as solved. Has this changed?

WP.

Hi @WickedP,

Secondly, I can't seem to mark any topics of mine as solved. Has this changed?

that is because you haven't set your topic as "ask-as-question" in the first place ;) So there is nothing to resolve here.

Cheers,
Ferdinand