If I have shapes that are close together, I tend to have rendering issues. It is like the focus frame covers nearby objects. I can drag the window off screen and then back to correct, but it is starting to annoy me. Any ideas on how to avoid? I thought it was just me, but another user just reported the issue. Here is a screenshot showing some of what I see…
Just in case someone asks…I get this on multiple machines…basic and pro versions. I have latest video drivers and both machines are fast (these are my dev machines). It seems to me that the items get focus as they render (maybe that could be taken out). Most of the ones with focus frames create the issue for neighboring shapes.
The simplest scenario I have is with the 5 boxes next to “Select Time Period” in my screenshot. Z order affects how the issue occurs. If I change the z order on the large yellow box to the front, then you see what is in the screenshot. If I change the 5 boxes to be in front, then it covers part of the outline on the large yellow box instead. Either way, I have issues. The problems in the main grid are more random. However, each of those “cells” have many elements stacked on top of each other…each with unique visibility attributes.
What about using a graphics program to create a base image, thus you only need to place rectangles with no borders over the top of the base image?
In other words, what can be done to decrease the complexity (ie, density) of objects on the screen?
Well, I can actually duplicate with just two shapes next to each other…pretty simple. That and I primarily have this issue on existing programs that have dozens of windows. It would take an insane amount of time redesigning all of those to work around a defect. Let me know what you guys think…thanks Ben
Ok, I really don’t want to flood this thread with replies. This is my last one…It is definitely using dynamic fill color that creates the problem. Z order does affect which is covered by the “invisible outline”. Here is a simple example. The black box uses dynamic fill color and the white one does not.
I was using Opera as my browser of choice, but they recently did some sort of upgrade and now I am seeing similar results. However, if I use IE 11, it displays perfectly. Have you tried different browsers?
Have you contacted our support team about this? (support@opto22.com, could send them a link to this thread and save some typing). Sounds like it might be a bug, but they’re the best folks to sort that out (and possibly come up with a fix)!
-OptoMary
FWIW, I’ve seen some odd rendering things from time to time on stacked objects, text strings in particular, but have had the flexibility to adjust the design so they didn’t need to be stacked.