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6-FileMenu/Begin/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; |
} |
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