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got it. only problem is that wait locks the screen up. is there any other way to do with out locking up the screen during the sliding of the stack out?

You mean the panel splitter example? I see that let's
Me resize panels but I'm not sure how to show
And hide a stack into or out of view.

I am trying to create a menu that will be permanently docked on the left side of the screen. Thanks to some help I am understanding how to do this but now I am trying to figure out the best method for displaying the stack in a smooth manner. I want to slide the stack into view. It will start out jus...

Thats great! Really helped me to understand it more. Thank you so much!

where did you set a background graphic with ink set to noop?

Klaus, Thats a helpful start. Thanks. Could you tell me where I might find anymore information for that particular feature. I'm not understanding how to set the rect of just the height on screenRects, and then position the window all the way to the left of the screenRects. the documentation example ...

Is there any examples of creating a ribbon style menu similar to how Microsoft Office does?

i would like to dock a menu stack on the right side of the screen just like you see a windows taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
how would one attempt doing this?

I tried that creating a rectangle, opaque, and blend noop. i used the below code on the group.
but the answer stil fires when i mouse between the buttons or elements in the group even though
im still within the confines of the rect. any other ideas?

how would one customize the background color ( i have tried the background color in inspector it did not change anything, is this possible?
what about adding icons next to the text of the options that come in the drop down of the menu.

ICON - FILE
ICON - EDIT

nothing is in the script of the three buttons. only a script in the group as mentioned above.

another question... if this will show a group how to do i get a group to hide when the mouse leaves the group. on mouseUp show grp "test" with visual effect push right fast end mouseUp i tried this to hide a group with three buttons that have a surrounding rectangle but it hid the group everytime i ...

sorry... i'm still getting used to the code. i copied it partly from the ticked off project from summer academy but of course it didn't, work. thank you for your help though.

is it possible to take a group that is not visible and slide it into view? how? i tried this with no success

Thanks Mark. I'll reconsider my idea I suppose I just know I see text in ITuNES that is not anti aliased and it looks clear
and easy to read. Sometimes its better to have it like that i think. Larger text should be aliased but smaller text becomes
harder to make out.