Can I apply transparency to part of a smart shape gradient?

[pjfulwider]

It appears in the gradient color picker that I ought to be able to change transparency.

Alpha 100% in the top right of the color picker window appears editable, but when I change it, before I can close the window something changes it back to 100%. Is this a bug?

[Lilybiri]

Which version do you use? I just double-checked on 9.2.437 and it is possible to change the alpha % for any color point on the gradient bar. Have a look at the screenshot:

[pjfulwider]

I have a subscription, and am current, version 9.0.2.437.

I have tried typing 0% or 10, 15%, none of them ‘stick’ tried hit tab after, and tried not hitting tab.

https://www.screencast.com/t/wDVVRcP4

[Lilybiri · Accepted solution]

I didn't ask if you are on Mac or WIn.

It is a bit tricky sometimes. I rarely type in a field but use the keyboard arrows or SHIFT-arrows to increase or decrease the values. I did see that typing in 0% is not sticking, but I could get down to 0% with the down arrow followed by Enter for confirmation.  Can you try that?

[pjfulwider]

I am on Windows 7 Enterprise.

There are no arrows, but when I clicked into that space, dealt with the ‘trickiness’ and used the down arrow followed by enter, it did work! Thank you!

[Lilybiri]

I was talking about the arrow keys, sorry about the confusion. I love shortcut keys....

[pjfulwider]

Me too!

So, how do I mark your response as correct? ☺

[Lilybiri]

Which one do you want to mark? I can do it for you (am a moderator) if you agree?

[pjfulwider]

I agree – The arrows comment is the correct response! ☺ Thanks!

[Lilybiri]

You're welcome!

[Paul Wilson CTDP]

I just tried this on my copy of Captivate and it worked fine. Make sure you are running the latest version to ensure that you are not still running a copy of the software that might contain bugs. The most up to date version is 9.0.2.437.