playcanvas / playcanvas/engine

Blend mode selector on text elements

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area: ui enhancement
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Description

Sometimes it is useful to choose the blend mode on text, e.g. use multiply mode. Image elements support a custom shader, but text elements don't.

Could implement this using a override option on the entity.

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating the text-element rendering path and comparing it with the image-element custom-shader path, then determine how entity override options are handled. Done means text elements can select a blend mode such as multiply through the proposed override option.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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