Re: [Gnash-dev] ColorTransform and EditText (YouTube buzz videos)

[Michael Fötsch]

Benjamin Wolsey wrote:
> Great! What would be very useful as a starting point is a manual ming
> testcase so that the behaviour can be verified visually: several
> static / dynamic TextFields variously with embedded and device fonts,
> and with various rgba values for the text and the parent MovieClip.

The file /testsuite/samples/input-fields.swf seems to do just that. I'm 
attaching a slightly modified version along with a screenshot from Flash 
10 on GNU/Linux.

> The fix is possibly in TextRecord::displayRecords() - when it's a device
> font, using cxform() instead of get_world_cxform() and always setting
> alpha to opaque. TextField::get_world_cxform() also affects border and
> background colour of TextFields, so it would also be worth testing
> whether these are affected by the parent's transform or not.

With device fonts, border and background are not affected by the 
transform either, so I patched TextField.cpp (see attached).


Kind Regards,
M.F.


P.S.: I found the #define PP_COMPATIBLE_DEVICE_FONT_HANDLING in 
TextField.cpp and this wiki page that are related to the issue: 
http://wiki.gnashdev.org/DeviceFonts#Differences_with_proprietary_player_implementation

=== modified file 'libcore/TextField.cpp'
--- libcore/TextField.cpp       2009-02-10 15:38:43 +0000
+++ libcore/TextField.cpp       2009-02-16 18:48:07 +0000
@@ -1691,22 +1691,14 @@
 cxform    
 TextField::get_world_cxform() const
 {
-  cxform cf = character::get_world_cxform();
-  
-#ifdef PP_COMPATIBLE_DEVICE_FONT_HANDLING
-  if ( ! getEmbedFonts() ) /* if using a device font (PP compatibility) */ 
-  {
-    // set alpha to default values to make the text field opaque
-    cf.m_[3][0] = 1.0f;
-    cf.m_[3][1] = 0.0f;
-    
-    // NOTE: Linux version of Adobe's player also ignores tint
-    // transform, so we should (or not) return an identity cxform
-    // here. This has to be discussed...
-  }
-#endif
-  
-  return cf;
+  if ( ! getEmbedFonts() ) /* if using a device font (PP compatibility) */
+  {
+    return cxform();
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    return character::get_world_cxform();
+  }
 }
 
 void

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