Fill gradient on desktop / world

> From: Tim Johnson <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [Newbies] Fill gradient on desktop / world
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Sunday, April 17, 2011, 12:37 PM
> Hi,
>
> I'm in 4.2.  When I switch the desktop to a gradient
> fill, I get a dark gray-light gray ("graydient" ha).
>
> On the same world menu, I have the option to "change first
> color" and "change second color."  These
> bring up color requesters, but whichever colors I pick
> don't seem to change the gradient colors.
>
> (see http://squeak.preeminent.org/bkgrnd/html/006.shtml --
> supposedly the gradient colors are supposed to update in
> real-time?)
>
> How can I change the gradient colors?
>
> Also I just noticed that if I opt-click on the desktop,
> then opt-click on the red menu button, then regular (left)
> click on the new red menu button that pops up, I get a
> dNU. 
>
> thanks
> tim
>
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> next
>> set gradient color (this puts up the second pallette underneath the first)
> click the stay up dot.
>
> Now you can play
>
> Mouse down and drag the cursor around on the top box to set a solid color.
> Then mouse down and drag the cursor around to vary the gradient color.
> The order is important as the top box will undo the work of the bottom box.
>
> When you are satisfied dismiss the boxes by clicking the x's

> From: Tim Johnson <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Newbies] Fill gradient on desktop / world
> To: "A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak." <[hidden email]>
> Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 11:07 AM
> Hi Jerome,
>
> On Apr 18, 2011, at 2:02 AM, Jerome Peace wrote:
>
> > World menu>appearance  (click the stay up
> pin)
>
> Ah, I had not done the stay up pin.
>
> > then
> >> set desktop color (this puts up a pallette )
> > click the round dot on the left this is the stay up
> button
> > when you click it an x will appear next to it.
>
> Behavior in my 4.2 image is different.  The
> color-palettes stay open by default, the round dot is a
> "pick up" button and the 'x' is already there.
>
> > next
> >> set gradient color (this puts up the second
> pallette underneath the first)
> > click the stay up dot.
> >
> > Now you can play
> >
> > Mouse down and drag the cursor around on the top box
> to set a solid color.
> > Then mouse down and drag the cursor around to vary the
> gradient color.
> > The order is important as the top box will undo the
> work of the bottom box.
> >
> > When you are satisfied dismiss the boxes by clicking
> the x's
>
> Unfortunately none of this works for me, in any of these
> 4.2 images.  This is true whether I am trying to change
> the World's desktop, or if I, say, drag out a Star morph and
> try to change its gradient.  It seems I may have gotten
> it to work one time (out of 60) on a Star morph -- having
> "gradient fill" with my selected colors -- but I have no
> idea why, may have imagined it, and the halcyon moment has
> gone. 
>
> It seems that it may be a mouse focus-related issue, since
> the color palettes (a) are not attached to the hand when
> opening, but rather plop down wherever they see fit, and (b)
> follow the mouse with their little red circle, even when
> they shouldn't have focus (i.e. I haven't clicked in
> them).  This leads me to believe it could be a VM
> problem... I am using Mac VM 4.2.5b1.
>
> Additionally, it seems that the behavior of the morph's
> "fill style" menu is somewhat broken.  It looks like it
> is supposed to change itself based on which fill style is
> chosen -- to give you options related to that specific fill
> style.  But when the morph's menu is pinned, the "fill
> style" menu seems locked on which ever one was selected when
> pinned.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
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