Hollywood forums

Hi,

I've written several programs which would benefit if their display could always be behind other windows on the Workbench; i.e., backdrop windows. For example, I've got a calendar/analog clock which pretends to be transparent by placing a grab of the desktop as the background. The illusion of transparency is ruined when other windows are placed behind it. I've also written a couple of dock programs that should be backdrop windows. Is this possible? Thanks,

NathanH

Not very likely to come because background windows are very Amiga-centric and not available on other platforms.

Okay, thanks.

NathanH

airsoftsoftwair wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:54 am Not very likely to come because background windows are very Amiga-centric and not available on other platforms.

I was looking for the same thing just now.

Maybe if I second the suggestion it would become a little more likely? I agree that background windows are very Amiga-centric but I am not sure if that is a good enough reason not to implement this if it solves an issue related to that very Amiga-centric thing. I have a window now that covers the entire desktop to show pictures, but when I open a file requester and click on the depth gadget of that requester by mistake or otherwise, I have no way of getting back control after clicking in my window because the requester is then behind my window. I must have clicked on the depth gadget once by mistake because I did not know what was going on and thought that the system had crashed or something.

Hi,

There already seems to also be a lot of amiga-centric stuff in Hollywood which is great because I imagine that we were the earlier (if not only) adopters of Hollywood in the beginning and are probably still the core compared to other platform users.

NathanH

Ok, you convinced me, here it is

airsoftsoftwair wrote: ↑Sun Jun 15, 2025 4:09 pm Ok, you convinced me, here it is

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- New [Amiga]: Added support for backdrop windows; these are special windows specific to AmigaOS and its
  clones that always stay behind all other windows; to open a backdrop window, just set the new "Backdrop"
  tag to TRUE in @DISPLAY or CreateDisplay()

Very, nice, thanks!

Yes, thanks so much!!!