Overlays are user interface elements that are displayed over other UI elements, typically for the purpose of presenting additional or enhanced information and detail.
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How can I draw an Arrow showing the driving direction in MapView?
I use that Google Maps component MapView in an Android application. I can use the GPS location to show my location with a dot. But I would like to show an arrow instead, that points out the driving direction (bearing). I think that I can use the…
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Using QPainter over OpenGL in QGLWidget when using shaders
Many of you Qt (4.6 specifically) users will be familiar with the Overpainting example supplied in the OpenGL tutorials, I'm trying to do something very similar but using shaders for the pure OpenGL data, instead of the old fixed-function…
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Displaying crosshairs in the center of a JavaScript Google Map
I'd like to display a crosshair/reticule that's fixed in the center of a Google Map, just as Wikimapia.org do. Unfortunately they are using v2 of the API and I'm using v3.
The crosshair should remain fixed in the center as the user pans the map…
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Animated overlay for videos on iOS
What's the common modern standard for animated video overlays? (e.g. if you want to add an animated logo to video recorded from the camera)
During research, I've found the following options:
GIF - seems to be pretty outdated technology
FLV -…
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Overlay div on top of parent with same size
I need to overlay a child div to cover it's parent div when my drag and drop event starts, but I can't get the child div to be on top of the parent using z-index.
Here is my HTML:
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Anyway to have programs share Windows Explorer icon overlays?
The fact that Windows only allows 15 icon overlays is well worn territory at this point. I understand how to rename the registry entries to get the overlays I absolutely need to be visible. But I wonder if there is a better way.
I don't know much…
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Overlaying a transparent background on an embedded video
I've a video which I've embedded in a fullwidth div panel. I'm trying to overlay a gradient on top of it, but I can't make it work. I've tried adjusting z-index, wrapping the video in another div, and - as below - adding an overlay class, but I must…
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Tortoisehg icons not showing
I copied a repository (whole folder) from one computer to another and added the repository to the TortoiseHG workbench through File->Open Repository.
Everything works fine, except no overlay icons are showing in windows explorer in the directory of…
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Overlaying a view does not disable actions on underlying view
I have 2 views : View A and view B. View A is rendered and has actions to input a text value. Im displaying an overlay view - View B on top of this. I expect that the actions on View A get disabled but they do not and im still able to type in the…
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Displaying a control over other controls in a grid in WPF
I am developing a WPF application.
Main window's child controls are contained in a grid.
The bottom row contains a status bar.
The application must notify the user.
I want to programmatically display a notification in a user control in the bottom…
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Merging or overlaying xyplots in a lattice panel
Trying to figure out how to add points or a data series to an existing lattice panel once it's been created. Does this have something to do with plot.points and/or the update function?
# Initialize first plot
library(lattice)
a <-…
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How to create an overlay window in Java?
I'm trying to create a HUD style display for a foreign application.
To do this, I'd need to make a transparent overlay window, that would be placed on top
of the window of the foreign application. The overlay window should allow me to place
widgets…
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How to add a rectangular overlay in a camera application?
How do I add a rectangular overlay (which should be more like a rectangular frame) in the camera preview? My application consists of a button that opens the camera upon clicking.
I need the overlay in that camera preview.
The code for the java file…
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How to limit tab indexes to just an overlay and its elements
I have a complex page with several overlays (lightbox type) that appear based on selections from several drop down menus. This is done with jQuery. The goal is to limit the user to only be able to tab through the elements on the overlay (above…
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Tutorial — Android Map Pin drop animation — Working right
I needed the map pin drop animation for my android application. Doing a lot of research, i found nothing useful . So i created a small hack. Just posting the code so that other can use it and modify it accordingly.
As Translate animation in android…
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