Label is not pulsing on cover page during a refresh

[tigre-bleu]

I'm not sure but I think I remember that the label on cover page was pulsing during a refresh.

With version 1.6.1, this label is steady and not pulsing anymore.

[buschmann23]

Yes, it seems to be because of translations. Don't know really why. With integrated English it works, but not with translated strings. Maybe you have the time for a deeper look inside.

[tigre-bleu]

Ok, I'll try to have a look

[tigre-bleu]

Looks like it is an issue with Silica CoverBackground Item. I have performed a small test with an empty project and as long as a label is fading, the opacity value is ignored.

I will forward the problem to SailfishOS devel mailing list

The Cover code:

import QtQuick 2.0
import Sailfish.Silica 1.0

CoverBackground {
    Label {
        id: testlabel
        color: Theme.highlightColor
        text: "Very Long String"
        anchors { verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter; left: parent.left; right: parent.right; leftMargin: Theme.paddingLarge; rightMargin: Theme.paddingLarge }
        //width: parent.width
        visible: true
        font.pixelSize: Theme.fontSizeLarge
        maximumLineCount: 1
        truncationMode: TruncationMode.Fade
        textFormat: Text.PlainText
        opacity: 0.2
    }

    CoverActionList {
        id: coverAction

        CoverAction {
            iconSource: "image://theme/icon-cover-next"
        }

        CoverAction {
            iconSource: "image://theme/icon-cover-pause"
        }
    }
}

[buschmann23]

Good investigation. I do not know how they are doing it on the e-mail app. Because in the german translation the text there is faded, too, but it is pulsing.

[tigre-bleu]

Applied the workaround proposed on the devel mailing list:

    Label {
        text: ‘Some very long text….’
        truncationMode: TruncationMode.Fade
        color: Theme.rgba(Theme.highlightColor, 0.5 /* = opacity */)
    }