Bug 255761

Summary:	DateTime control: Option to not show current date rectangle
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Christian Hauser <c.hauser>
Component:	SWT	Assignee:	Platform-SWT-Inbox <platform-swt-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	eclipse.felipe, kathleen.e.sharp, steve_northover
Version:	3.5
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Christian Hauser

2008-11-19 04:52:34 EST

On Windows XP (didn't try any other OS) the DateTime control accentuates the current date using a red rectangle. (See SWT snippet 250)

It would be more user friendly if it was possible to suppress the current day rectangle as often the current date is irrelevant and could even confuse users.

Comment 1 Felipe Heidrich

2008-11-20 16:26:27 EST

(In reply to comment #0)
> It would be more user friendly if it was possible to suppress the current day
> rectangle as often the current date is irrelevant and could even confuse users.

Good point.

I checked quickly and it is easy to fix in win32 using:
#define MCS_NOTODAYCIRCLE 0x0008 


A better solution would be adding new API to enable/disable this option. Or even better, API that lets you add a visual marker to any day in the calendar.
In win32 i think this can be done with MCS_NOTODAYCIRCLE and MCM_SETTODAY.
In gtk i think this can be done with gtk_calendar_mark_day.

Comment 2 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 15:30:03 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

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