5-Transparency/End/window_transparency.c

/*
 
File: window_transparency.c
 
Abstract:  Support functions to make a Carbon window transparent.
 
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#include "window_transparency.h"
 
static EventHandlerUPP gWindowGetRegionProc = NULL;
static EventHandlerUPP gWindowContentViewDrawProc = NULL;
 
 
//---------------------------------------------------------------------
// Tells the toolbox the window's opaque region is ... nothing!
// This allows us to do transparency in a portion of the window.
//
OSStatus MyWindowGetRegionEventHandler(EventHandlerCallRef nextHandler, EventRef theEvent, void* userData)
{
    WindowRegionCode code;
    RgnHandle rgn;
    OSStatus status;
 
    status = GetEventParameter(theEvent, kEventParamWindowRegionCode, typeWindowRegionCode, NULL, sizeof(WindowRegionCode), NULL, &code);
    require_noerr( status, CantGetEventParameter );
 
    if ( code == kWindowOpaqueRgn )
    {
        status = GetEventParameter(theEvent, kEventParamRgnHandle, typeQDRgnHandle, NULL, sizeof(RgnHandle), NULL, &rgn);
        require_noerr( status, CantGetEventParameter );
        
        EmptyRgn(rgn);
        status = noErr; // not strictly necessary, since we have a require right above, but good to include
    }
    else {
        status = eventNotHandledErr;
    }
    
CantGetEventParameter:
    return status;
}
 
 
//---------------------------------------------------------------------
// Erases the contents of an HIView whenever a draw event is sent
//
OSStatus MyWindowContentViewDrawEventHandler(EventHandlerCallRef nextHandler, EventRef theEvent, void* userData)
{
    ControlRef control;
    CGContextRef context;
    CGRect cgBounds;
    OSStatus status;
 
    status = GetEventParameter(theEvent, kEventParamDirectObject, typeControlRef, NULL, sizeof(ControlRef), NULL, &control);
    require_noerr( status, CantGetEventParameter );
 
    status = GetEventParameter(theEvent, kEventParamCGContextRef, typeCGContextRef, NULL, sizeof(CGContextRef), NULL, &context);
    require_noerr( status, CantGetEventParameter );
 
    status = HIViewGetBounds(control, &cgBounds);
    require_noerr( status, CantGetBounds );
 
    CGContextClearRect(context, cgBounds);
    status = noErr; // not strictly necessary, since we have a require right above, but good to include
 
CantGetBounds:
CantGetEventParameter:
    return status;
}
 
 
//---------------------------------------------------------------------
// Installs proper event handlers to make the background content of a
// Carbon window transparent. Should be called before calling ShowWindow.
//
OSStatus MakeWindowTransparent(WindowRef window)
{
    EventTypeSpec eventSpec;
    HIViewRef contentView;
    OSStatus status;
 
    // Install a callback to set the window's opaque region to nothing
    if ( gWindowGetRegionProc == NULL )
        gWindowGetRegionProc = NewEventHandlerUPP(MyWindowGetRegionEventHandler);
    eventSpec.eventClass = kEventClassWindow;
    eventSpec.eventKind = kEventWindowGetRegion;
    status = InstallEventHandler(GetWindowEventTarget(window), gWindowGetRegionProc, 1, &eventSpec, NULL, NULL);
    check_noerr( status );
 
    // Find the content view of the window
    status = HIViewFindByID(HIViewGetRoot(window), kHIViewWindowContentID, &contentView);
    require_noerr( status, CantGetViewRef );
 
    // Install a drawing callback for the content view to make it completely transparent
    if ( gWindowContentViewDrawProc == NULL )
        gWindowContentViewDrawProc = NewEventHandlerUPP(MyWindowContentViewDrawEventHandler);
    eventSpec.eventClass = kEventClassControl;
    eventSpec.eventKind = kEventControlDraw;
    status = InstallEventHandler(GetControlEventTarget(contentView), gWindowContentViewDrawProc, 1, &eventSpec, NULL, NULL);
    check_noerr( status );
 
    // Make sure HIToolbox knows this is a non-opaque window
    status = HIWindowChangeFeatures( window, 0, kWindowIsOpaque );
    check_noerr( status );
        
    // This call forces HIToolbox to query the opaque region
    // immediately. It will actually do so on its own, but only
    // *after* the window is first displayed. This can result in
    // a quick flash of non-transparency when the window first
    // appears. Calling this before the window is first shown
    // prevents the flash.
    ReshapeCustomWindow(window);
 
    // On pre-10.4 systems, HIToolbox special-cased windows with
    // alpha values of 1.0 and never actually fetched the opaque
    // region at all, even when a handler was installed. As a
    // workaround, one can set the window's alpha value to 0.999,
    // which will not alter the appearance at all, but will have
    // the desired effect of causing the opaque region to be
    // queried properly. This workaround is not needed on 10.4 and
    // later systems.
    //SetWindowAlpha(window, 0.999);
 
    // Don't let transparency affect event processing
    status = ChangeWindowAttributes(window, kWindowOpaqueForEventsAttribute, kWindowNoAttributes);
    check_noerr( status );
 
CantGetViewRef:
    return status;
}