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HudTweaker13 wrote:I have a shape in my hud which describes a frame around the outside. I've been trying without success to put a stroke around the inside of the frame, but not the outside. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can do this?

[Variables]
SecondModifiers=Fill Color 0,0,0,0 | StrokeWidth 2 | Stroke Color 0,255,0

[MeterFrame]
Meter=Shape
x=0
y=2
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,#ScreenAreaWidth#,#ScreenAreaHeight# | Fill Color 0,0,0,0
Shape2=Rectangle 0,0,#ScreenAreaWidth#,#ScreenAreaHeight# | Extend MyModifiers1
MyModifiers1=#DefaultModifiers#
MyGradient1=#DefaultGradient#
Shape3=Rectangle 140,20,(#ScreenAreaWidth#-280),(#ScreenAreaHeight#-40),40 | Extend MyModifiers2
MyModifiers2=#DefaultModifiers#
MyGradient2=#DefaultGradient#
Shape4=Rectangle ((#ScreenAreaWidth#-400)/2),0,400,40,20 | Extend MyModifiers3
MyModifiers3=#DefaultModifiers#
MyGradient3=#DefaultGradient#
Shape5=Rectangle ((#ScreenAreaWidth#-400)/2),(#ScreenAreaHeight#-40),400,40,20 | Extend MyModifiers4
MyModifiers4=#DefaultModifiers#
MyGradient4=#DefaultGradient#
Shape6=Rectangle 0,0,#ScreenAreaWidth#,#ScreenAreaHeight# | Extend MyMod
Shape7=Rectangle 140,20,(#ScreenAreaWidth#-280),(#ScreenAreaHeight#-40),40 | Extend MyMod
Shape8=Rectangle ((#ScreenAreaWidth#-400)/2),0,400,40,20 | Extend MyMod
Shape9=Rectangle ((#ScreenAreaWidth#-400)/2),(#ScreenAreaHeight#-40),400,40,20 | Extend MyMod
MyMod=#SecondModifiers#
Shape10=Combine Shape2 | Exclude Shape3 | Union Shape4 | Union Shape5
Shape11=Combine Shape6 | Exclude Shape7 | Union Shape8 | Union Shape9
Shape12=Rectangle 5,((#ScreenAreaHeight#/2)-225),130,443,20 | StrokeWidth 0 | Fill Color 0,0,0,255
Shape13=Rectangle (#ScreenAreaWidth#-135),((#ScreenAreaHeight#/2)-225),130,443,20 | StrokeWidth 0 | Fill Color 0,0,0,255

Brian wrote:jsmorley already touched on this early on in this thread: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?p=129032#p129032

I do not believe this will be possible natively...meaning, I don't think there is an option in D2D to make the stroke draw this way. While it may be possible to manipulate the stroke of the shape internally, the desired output might be difficult to get right since strokes can overlap each other.

I wouldn't hold my breath on this...

-Brian

Brian wrote:...While it may be possible to manipulate the stroke of the shape internally...

kyriakos876 wrote:I read that too, but I wasn't sure he answered my question indirectly, or if he only answered the question about odd-numbered strokes. Now, what do you mean by are you talking about something you can do with Rainmeter (if so, how), or something you can do (change the source code in C++) to make Rainmeter do it?

jsmorley wrote:.
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Vector drawing has certain fundamental concepts that we should not mess with. It makes converting .svg files much harder, as that obeys the "rules", and will only be confusing to those who already understand vector graphics in Illustrator or Inkscape and such.

jsmorley wrote:I will repeat the analogy I have used before.

How wide is the border between the US and Mexico? The answer is zero. The two countries abut. Now if you want to draw the countries on a map, you want to draw a line between them, so you know who to arrest. No matter how sharp a pencil you use to draw this line, it has some width, the size of the point of the pencil. Do you draw this line "around" the US, so you reduce the size of Mexico by that amount? No. Do you draw the line "around" Mexico, so you reduce the size of the US? No. You draw the line by putting the pencil exactly on the boundary between them. One half of the width will be in Mexico, and one half will be in the US.

kyriakos876 wrote:I think that creates more questions than it answers... like, do you have the option to draw the line outside but you choose not to because then it's not accurate, or you don't even have the choice? What if you have an option that let's you choose every-time: Do you want to do it the correct way, or your way? I hope that isn't entirely stupid for me to say

jsmorley wrote:It comes down to the definition of a "stroke". Note that it is "stroke" and not "border". The stroke is the line used to define a shape's size, but since it is a stroke and not a border, the center of the stroke's size is what defines the size of the shape. That is just fundamental to vector drawing, and I don't think we should mess with it.