Background color of boolean text

[EdDickens]

Greetz All,

I have a row of selection buttons on my front panel, I want to change the background color of the boolean text when a button is pressed to show which one is currently active. No problem there, just use property node for BoolText.BGColor and and select the color I want.

That works fine, problem is when I select another button, I want the other to go back to a transparent background, but I can't figure out how to do that. Selecting a color is easy, just input the hex number for the color, but what is the number for no color?

Thanks
Ed

[Gorka Larrea]

The number is 16777216, but you can use color box constant under numeric>>additional numeric constants function palette to pass it or discover any color in the color palette.
Hope this helps

[EdDickens]

I forgot about the color constant box, thanks for jogging my mind, it must still be Monday.

Thanks

[Jean-Pierre Drolet]

The number for transparent color is 0x1000000


However, it is more handy to use a color box constant
where you can select the color.

Jean-Pierre

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> Greetz All,
>
> I have a row of selection buttons on my front panel, I want to change
> the background color of the boolean text when a button is pressed to
> show which one is currently active. No problem there, just use
> property node for BoolText.BGColor and and select the color I want.
>
> That works fine, problem is when I select another button, I want the
> other to go back to a transparent background, but I can't figure out
> how to do that. Selecting a color is easy, just input the hex number
> for
the color, but what is the number for no color?
>
> Thanks
> Ed

[Doug (CapeFl)]

I think of tranparency as a format versus a color, where you either see a particular color of an object or its hidden. Therefore, using an Attribute Node of your object, you could work with the "Visible" option. A True makes it visible, a False makes it transparent/hidden. On your Front Panel, behind that text box, you could have a copy of the same text box set to any color you wish, and it would only be visible when your top text box is non-visible/transparent. I know this seems clumsy, but it gets the job done and takes minimal processor time.
I'd like to see what other suggestions are out there.

[EdDickens]

Thanks to all, I completely forgot about the color constant box, that's definately the way to go.

Ed