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Expanding buttons

Post by richmond62 » Tue Dec 25, 2018 2:53 pm

a bit like my waist-line at Christmas . . .
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Re: Expanding buttons

Post by richmond62 » Tue Dec 25, 2018 6:29 pm

I started watching a video with Scott Rossi about interface design and, while
I think Rossi's a good chap, couldn't quite see what was particularly special
about his stuff . . .
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Using a drop shadow enhances the resizing effect when the button is clicked on.

Stack removed as improved one uploaded further down.
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Re: Expanding buttons

Post by richmond62 » Tue Dec 25, 2018 6:50 pm

Expand3.png
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If you click on the lower-right rectangular button it will change to
a diamond shape.
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Re: Expanding buttons

Post by bogs » Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:16 pm

richmond62 wrote:
Tue Dec 25, 2018 6:29 pm
I started watching a video with Scott Rossi about interface design and, while
I think Rossi's a good chap, couldn't quite see what was particularly special
about his stuff . . .
I think his stuff is quite creative, and usually looks very sophisticated until he takes it apart to reveal the simple parts he made it from. Although no where near his league, a few videos of his I watched inspired me to take a swing at it myself :P

A crystal set of buttons I made from actual buttons, but not using the more complicated original tutorial I had found which made them from graphics objects.
custObjs6_5.livecode.zip
Crystal-like...
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And some I made from graphics objects.
CustomButtons.livecode.zip
Graphic buttons...
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