Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Window.ShowOverlay

Topics All Mac OS X (Only) Windows (Only) Linux (Only, Not) iOS (Only, Not)
Components Crossplatform Mac & Win Server Client Old Guides Examples
New in version: 8.5 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 10.0 10.1 10.2 Statistic

Window.ShowOverlay

Adds an overlay to the window to dark content.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Server	FileMaker Cloud	FileMaker iOS SDK
Window	2.3	Yes	No	No	No	No

MBS( "Window.ShowOverlay"; WindowRef; alpha; red; green; blue ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

WindowRef Window Reference is the unique OS level window ID. You can obtain this by using the Window.FindByTitle or Window.FindByIndex functions. Pass zero to access the frontmost window. 0

alpha The alpha value to use. Range 0.0 (invisible) to 1.0 (full visible). Default 0.5. 0.5

red The red color value. Default 0.0. 0.0

green The green color value. Default 0.0. 0.0

blue The blue color value. Default 0.0. 0.0

Parameter	Description	Example value
WindowRef	Window Reference is the unique OS level window ID. You can obtain this by using the Window.FindByTitle or Window.FindByIndex functions. Pass zero to access the frontmost window.	0
alpha	The alpha value to use. Range 0.0 (invisible) to 1.0 (full visible). Default 0.5.	0.5
red	The red color value. Default 0.0.	0.0
green	The green color value. Default 0.0.	0.0
blue	The blue color value. Default 0.0.	0.0

Result

Returns "OK" on success.

Description

Adds an overlay to the window to dark content.
This way you can have the user focus on a dialog in front of the main window.

Does not work in FileMaker 18.
Deprecated.