From 12ef19d90a4a13a398d2d083499edf286c7ebd03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 12:28:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] if a Fill object is given a zero-alpha (transparent) color,
 note that

---
 libs/canvas/canvas/fill.h |  1 +
 libs/canvas/fill.cc       | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libs/canvas/canvas/fill.h b/libs/canvas/canvas/fill.h
index 23708e42e5..56044de4bd 100644
--- a/libs/canvas/canvas/fill.h
+++ b/libs/canvas/canvas/fill.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ protected:
        	
 	Color _fill_color;
 	bool _fill;
+	bool _transparent;
         StopList _stops;
         bool _vertical_gradient;
 };
diff --git a/libs/canvas/fill.cc b/libs/canvas/fill.cc
index 8a16f4f794..41c616a0f9 100644
--- a/libs/canvas/fill.cc
+++ b/libs/canvas/fill.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Fill::Fill (Group* parent)
 	: Item (parent)
 	, _fill_color (0x000000ff)
 	, _fill (true)
+	, _transparent (false)
 {
 
 }
@@ -42,6 +43,15 @@ Fill::set_fill_color (Color color)
 	if (_fill_color != color) {
 		begin_visual_change ();
 		_fill_color = color;
+
+		double r, g, b, a;
+		color_to_rgba (color, r, g, b, a);
+		if (a == 0.0) {
+			_transparent = true;
+		} else {
+			_transparent = false;
+		}
+
 		end_visual_change ();
 	}
 }