[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 380467] New: extend textoverlay's shaded-background with opacity, padding etc

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-base | Ver: 0.10.10

           Summary: extend textoverlay's shaded-background with opacity,
                    padding etc
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: 0.10.10
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-base
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: gbz at hey.shacknet.nu
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


The textoverlay element has a property called "shaded-background".
It would be nice if that function could be extended so that you could control
more  of its appearance:

COLOUR of the bar (including opacity)
opacity should probably regard only the bar and not the text

MARGIN between rows
allowing two rows of text to appear as separate bars
preferably as a percentage of the current bar height (which would be the sum of
the font height and the vertical padding)

PADDING between bar edges and the text
preferably as a percentage of the current font height

Whether several shaded rows should always be equally wide, or if each shaded
row should stop where the text ends.
To understand what this means, simply select this very paragraph and notice how
the complete selection is not rectangular.


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