initial draft

nel/include/nel/gui/interface_group.h

@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		virtual sint32 getAlpha() const;
 		virtual void setAlpha (sint32 a);
+		virtual void setContainerAlpha (sint32 a);
 
 		/// Eval current clip coords. This is not incremental as with makeNewClip, and thus more slow. This also doesn't change the current clip window.
 		void getClip(sint32 &x, sint32 &y, sint32 &w, sint32 &h) const;

nel/include/nel/gui/widget_manager.h

@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		uint8 getGlobalContainerAlpha() const { return _GlobalContainerAlpha; }
 		uint8 getGlobalRolloverFactorContent() const { return _GlobalRolloverFactorContent; }
 		uint8 getGlobalRolloverFactorContainer() const { return _GlobalRolloverFactorContainer; }
+		uint8 getContextHelpContentAlpha() const { return _ContextHelpContentAlpha; }
+		uint8 getContextHelpContainerAlpha() const { return _ContextHelpContainerAlpha; }
 
 		void updateGlobalAlphas();
 		void resetGlobalAlphasProps();
@@ -608,12 +610,16 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		NLMISC::CCDBNodeLeaf *_GlobalContainerAlphaDB;
 		NLMISC::CCDBNodeLeaf *_GlobalContentRolloverFactorDB;
 		NLMISC::CCDBNodeLeaf *_GlobalContainerRolloverFactorDB;
+		NLMISC::CCDBNodeLeaf * _ContextHelpContentAlphaDB;
+		NLMISC::CCDBNodeLeaf * _ContextHelpContainerAlphaDB;
 		
 		uint8 _ContainerAlpha;
 		uint8 _GlobalContentAlpha;
 		uint8 _GlobalContainerAlpha;
 		uint8 _GlobalRolloverFactorContent;
 		uint8 _GlobalRolloverFactorContainer;
+		uint8 _ContextHelpContentAlpha;
+		uint8 _ContextHelpContainerAlpha;
 
 		bool _MouseHandlingEnabled;
 		

nel/src/gui/interface_group.cpp

@@ -2153,6 +2153,18 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		}
 	}
 
+	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	void CInterfaceGroup::setContainerAlpha (sint32 a)
+	{
+		vector<CViewBase*>::const_iterator itv;
+		for (itv = _Views.begin(); itv != _Views.end(); itv++)
+		{
+			CViewBase *pVB = *itv;
+			nlwarning("setContainerAlpha: %s %s", pVB->getShortID().c_str(), std::to_string(pVB->getRenderLayer()).c_str());
+			pVB->setAlpha(a);
+		}
+	}
+
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	void	CInterfaceGroup::setLeftClickHandler(const std::string &handler)
 	{

nel/src/gui/widget_manager.cpp

@@ -1780,6 +1780,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 			if(groupContextHelp)
 			{
+				groupContextHelp->setContainerAlpha(100);
 				/** If there's a modal box around, should be sure that the context help doesn't intersect it.
 				  * If this is the case, we just disable it, unless the tooltip was generated by the current modal window
 				  */
@@ -3338,11 +3339,17 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			nlassert(_GlobalContentRolloverFactorDB);
 			_GlobalContainerRolloverFactorDB = CDBManager::getInstance()->getDbProp("UI:SAVE:CONTAINER_ROLLOVER_FACTOR");
 			nlassert(_GlobalContainerRolloverFactorDB);
+			_ContextHelpContentAlphaDB = CDBManager::getInstance()->getDbProp("UI:SAVE:CONTEXT_HELP_CONTENT_ALPHA");
+			nlassert(_ContextHelpContentAlphaDB);
+			_ContextHelpContainerAlphaDB = CDBManager::getInstance()->getDbProp("UI:SAVE:CONTEXT_HELP_CONTAINER_ALPHA");
+			nlassert(_ContextHelpContainerAlphaDB);
 		}
 		_GlobalContentAlpha = (uint8)_GlobalContentAlphaDB->getValue32();
 		_GlobalContainerAlpha = (uint8)_GlobalContainerAlphaDB->getValue32();
 		_GlobalRolloverFactorContent = (uint8)_GlobalContentRolloverFactorDB->getValue32();
 		_GlobalRolloverFactorContainer = (uint8)_GlobalContainerRolloverFactorDB->getValue32();
+		_ContextHelpContentAlpha = (uint8)_ContextHelpContentAlphaDB->getValue32();
+		_ContextHelpContainerAlpha = (uint8)_ContextHelpContainerAlphaDB->getValue32();
 	}
 
 	void CWidgetManager::resetGlobalAlphasProps()
@@ -3351,6 +3358,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		_GlobalContainerAlphaDB = NULL;
 		_GlobalContentRolloverFactorDB = NULL;
 		_GlobalContainerRolloverFactorDB = NULL;
+		_ContextHelpContentAlphaDB = NULL;
+		_ContextHelpContainerAlphaDB = NULL;
 	}
 
 	void CWidgetManager::registerNewScreenSizeHandler( INewScreenSizeHandler *handler )
@@ -3884,6 +3893,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		_GlobalRolloverFactorContent = 255;
 		_GlobalRolloverFactorContainer = 255;
 		_AlphaRolloverSpeedDB = NULL;
+		_ContextHelpContentAlpha = 255;
+		_ContextHelpContainerAlpha = 255;
 
 		_MouseHandlingEnabled = true;
 		_MouseOverWindow = false;