About image widgets "no data"

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How to make empty image object not say "No data", be a color other than white

For my purpose, I “fixed” this by using a black object behind the image, and set the image size to 0x0 pixels when there is no data. This way, the image area looks like a black box when there is no image data, then when there is image data I align it to the center of the black object, so there is still a black background. Basically I wanted an image placeholder even when there is no data (the image data comes in live over the air and can change at any time/not yet exist). So I have essentially…

In your case just skip the black object and only set the image size.