#----------------------------------------------------------------------
-msg = "This is some text that will appear behind the image..."
+msg = "Some text will appear mixed in the image's shadow..."
class TestPanel(wx.Panel):
def __init__(self, parent, log):
dc.Clear()
dc.SetFont(wx.Font(16, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD, True))
- dc.DrawText("Bitmap alpha blending (on wxMSW and wxMac only)",
+ dc.DrawText("Bitmap alpha blending (on all ports but gtk+ 1.2)",
25,25)
bmp = wx.Bitmap(opj('bitmaps/toucan.png'))
- if "__WXGTK__" in wx.PlatformInfo:
- # try to make up for it a bit...
- bmp.SetMaskColour("black")
+ if "gtk1" in wx.PlatformInfo:
+ # Try to make up for lack of alpha support in wxGTK (gtk+
+ # 1.2) by converting the alpha blending into a
+ # transparency mask.
+
+ # first convert to a wx.Image
+ img = bmp.ConvertToImage()
+
+ # Then convert the alpha channel to a mask, specifying the
+ # threshold below which alpha will be made fully
+ # transparent
+ img.ConvertAlphaToMask(220)
+
+ # convert back to a wx.Bitmap
+ bmp = img.ConvertToBitmap()
+
dc.DrawBitmap(bmp, 25,100, True)