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How to gradually blur the background?

I have a GUI like this:

Gui +LastFound +AlwaysOnTop +ToolWindow -Caption
Gui, Add, Text,, 00:00
WinSet, Transparent, 200
Gui, Show, NoActivate

Screenshot:

Is there a way to gradually blur the background, from outside to inside? I would like to hide to border of the box. I see nothing helpful in Gui.

Solution

  • By using the out of the box commands, you really only have a transparency "slider" as your only tool.

    The workaround to get the desired effect is to have a transparent background with a custom transparent image on top. i.e. you create your gradient effect that you want in your picture (e.g. a transparent .PNG), and you overlay your controls on top of the picture something like this:

    Gui +LastFound +AlwaysOnTop +ToolWindow -Caption
Gui, Add, Picture, w100 h100 , C:\TransparentBackground.png
Gui, Add, Text,xp10 yp10, 00:00
WinSet, Transparent, 200
Gui, Show, NoActivate