# Plain Box - Rounded corners **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 7, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227 "2014-11-07T13:09:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Delaney](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/patrick_delaney/32/1123_2.png) [@Patrick\_Delaney](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Patrick_Delaney)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227/1 "2014-11-07T13:09:48Z")
Does anyone know if it’s possible to give a plain box window rounded corners? I have access to MacOSLib and WFS but I can’t find anything in there, unless I’m being Kermit (again!) Thanks Pat ---
**Author:** ![Michel\_Bujardet](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/michel_bujardet/32/252_2.png) [@Michel\_Bujardet](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Michel_Bujardet)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227/2 "2014-11-07T13:36:41Z")
[quote=141938:@Patrick Delaney]Does anyone know if it’s possible to give a plain box window rounded corners? I have access to MacOSLib and WFS but I can’t find anything in there, unless I’m being Kermit (again!) [/quote] Use a custom shaped window. In MacOSLib macoslibSplashWindow For Windows use the technique in examples Projects/Platform-Specific/Windows/CustomWindowShape ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Delaney](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/patrick_delaney/32/1123_2.png) [@Patrick\_Delaney](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Patrick_Delaney)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227/3 "2014-11-07T14:07:58Z")
Thanks Michel - didn’t recognise you from your Avatar 😉 Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t MacOSlibSplashWindow simply make the window transparent and paste an image as the background? I guess I could make a rounded rectangle to fill the window and stretch accordingly… Haven’t looked at that example - thanks for the pointer… Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Michel\_Bujardet](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/michel_bujardet/32/252_2.png) [@Michel\_Bujardet](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Michel_Bujardet)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227/4 "2014-11-07T14:21:40Z")
[quote=141948:@Patrick Delaney] Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t MacOSlibSplashWindow simply make the window transparent and paste an image as the background? I guess I could make a rounded rectangle to fill the window and stretch accordingly…[/quote] Yes, the splashwindow is transparent, and whatever is stuck on it is not. So if you use a rounded rectangle you got your rounded box. The Windows example works pretty much the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Delaney](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/patrick_delaney/32/1123_2.png) [@Patrick\_Delaney](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Patrick_Delaney)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227/5 "2014-11-07T14:55:31Z")
That’s great - thanks for your thoughts/help ---
**Author:** ![jim\_mckay](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/jim_mckay/32/905_2.png) [@jim\_mckay](https://forum.xojo.com/u/jim_mckay)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227/6 "2014-11-07T16:21:15Z")
> [@141948:@Patrick Delaney](#): > > I guess I could make a rounded rectangle to fill the window and stretch accordingly… You could draw any shape you want. No need to stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Delaney](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/patrick_delaney/32/1123_2.png) [@Patrick\_Delaney](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Patrick_Delaney)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227/7 "2014-11-07T16:36:07Z")
> [@141974:@jim mckay](#): > > You could draw any shape you want. No need to stretch. I’m putting a rounded rectangle control on the Window Zaligned to the backlist control. As the user resizes the window I need to have the control locked to grow with the window which is what I meant by stretching. ---
**Author:** ![jim\_mckay](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/jim_mckay/32/905_2.png) [@jim\_mckay](https://forum.xojo.com/u/jim_mckay)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227/8 "2014-11-07T17:37:11Z")
Oh, right… sorry, I’ve got scaling on my mind… ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Delaney](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/patrick_delaney/32/1123_2.png) [@Patrick\_Delaney](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Patrick_Delaney)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227/9 "2014-11-07T18:06:20Z")
> [@141988:@jim mckay](#): > > Oh, right… sorry, I’ve got scaling on my mind… What are you apologising for 🙂 You may have a brilliant idea I haven’t come across and I’m using the wrong term in stretching! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/plain-box-rounded-corners/20227/10 "2020-10-29T17:29:02Z")