Animation Q

[sticky]

Sorry this isn't some fancy STVi or STV. I have the very basic of basic questions right now.

The current method I use to show a menu item has been selected is simply background selected color for the item theme.

Rather then use the easy method I would like to have the image in the item to pop out when selected. I assume I need a Renderingstarted() hook with a If focused condition. After this, I really don't have a clue. Maybe an attribute.

Here is what I have thus far.

[GKusnick]

I'm not completely understanding your question, but you shouldn't need a RenderingStarted hook. Just use an If Focused() test to display one image if focused and another image if not focused. Sage will know when to refresh the screen as the focus changes.

[sticky]

I was thinking Sage could manipulate that image to become larger when focused . Something like Mlbdude's animation in TVX but only once .

[GKusnick]

Sure, you can do that a couple of different ways. Make two Image widgets with the same image file but different scaling parameters. Or have just one Image widget with expressions for the scaling parameters, like so:

Fixed Width: =If(Focused, 0.4, 0.3)

or whatever your actual scaling numbers are.

[stanger89]

I think Narflex posted a couple demo STVs in the Download area that might give you some ideas how to do what you want.