Expanding buttons

[richmond62]

a bit like my waist-line at Christmas . . .
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Stack removed as improved one uploaded further down.

[richmond62]

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.

[richmond62]

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If you click on the lower-right rectangular button it will change to
a diamond shape.

[bogs]

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

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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