[solved] Question on how to make a sketchpad object partly transparent

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• sebastiaan

  June 2012 edited January 2014

  Hi Abeyko,

  Not really, at least not without inline script. If you want to present a background sketchpad, followed by a separate background+object sketchpad, you would need to add the background to both sketchpads.

  If drawing the background twice is inconvenient, you could consider drawing the object on top of the background with a bit of inline_script.

  First you add the following code to the prepare phase of an inline script. This inline script comes after the sketchpad (background_sketchpad) that contains the background. So the background can be drawn normally, without inline_script. The code below draws a simple fixation dot on top of the background, but you can extend it to fit your needs.

  # Construct a new canvas and make it global so it's also
  # available in the run phase of the script
  from openexp.canvas import canvas
  global my_canvas
  my_canvas = canvas(exp)
  
  # Copy the canvas from an item called 'background_sketchpad'
  my_canvas.copy(exp.items["background_sketchpad"].canvas)
  
  # Draw your own stuff on top of it!
  # See: http://osdoc.cogsci.nl/python-inline-code/canvas-functions
  my_canvas.fixdot()</pre>
  
  Next, in the *run* phase of the same script, you show the previously prepared canvas. (The reason for doing the canvas construction separately in the prepare phase is to prevent delays.)
  
  <pre># Show the previously prepared canvas
  global my_canvas
  my_canvas.show()
  

  Hope this helps!

  Cheers,
  Sebastiaan

  
  
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