g:background.brightness Property

Gets or sets the brightness of the g:background element.

This property is read/write.

propVal = g:background.brightness(fBrightness)

  
g:background.brightness(fBrightness)

   = propVal

fBrightness [out]
Sets or retrieves the "white" level applied to the target element. The value ranges from 0.0 to 100.0.

Value	Meaning
0.0	Default. No brightness effect applied. The target element is not modified.
1.0	Brightness effect of 100%. The target element has no detail, color, or contrast; it is opaque but effectively blank (white).
100.0	Brightness effect of 1%.

The brightness effect can be specified in the gadget HTML and script files.

The opacity of the g:background element must be set to a value of at least 1 for the brightness effect to be visible.

The following example demonstrates how to add a brightness effect to the g:background element from a gadget script file.

\\ imgBackground is the value of the 'id' attribute for the g:background element.
imgBackground.brightness = 1.0;

The following example demonstrates how to add a brightness effect to the g:background element in the gadget HTML file.

<g:background 
        id="imgBackground" 
        src="images\background.png" 
        opacity="100" brightness="1.0">

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