background.opacity property

[The Windows Gadget Platform/Sidebar is available for use in the operating systems specified in the Requirements section. It may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions. ]

Gets or sets the opacity of the g:background element.

This property is read/write.

Syntax

iopacity = background.opacity
background.opacity = iopacity

Property value

An Integer that specifies or receives the opacity of the target element. The value ranges from 0 to 100.

(0)

The target element is completely transparent.

(100)

Default. The target element is completely opaque.

Remarks

The opacity can be specified in the gadget HTML and script files.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to set the opacity of the g:background element from a gadget script file.

\\ imgBackground is the value of the 'id' attribute for the g:background element.
imgBackground.opacity = 0;

The following example demonstrates how to set the opacity of the g:background element in the gadget HTML file.

<g:background 
        id="imgBackground" 
        src="images/background.png" 
        opacity="100">

Requirements

Minimum supported client
Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
End of client support
Windows 7
End of server support
Windows Server 2008
IDL
Sidebar.idl
DLL
Sidebar.Exe (version 1.00 or later)

See also

Reference

background

image

text