Re: [platform-swt-dev] Skins support and changing colours

[Minh Chiem <minhchiem@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Veronika Irvine wrote:

> > I've seen on internet explorer that you can add skins to toolbars and 
> > other widgets. can this be done in swt?
> >    
>
> See:
> http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/faq.html#xpthemes
>  
Thanks. It's too bad I'm not using win XP. I've seen it done

> > Also, is there a way to change colours on native windows widgets (other 
> > than changing the whole colour scheme for the operating system)?
> >    
>
> Use the setBackground method of the particular widget.
Doesn't seem work. I remember bring this topic up before.

David Whiteman wrote:

> This should be an FAQ somewhere, but this is just a platform
> restriction on Windows.  The standard Microsoft Button control just 
doesn't
> support background colors.  You can either paint the color & text 
yourself
> using a GC on the button, or you can develop your own custom widget,
> if you've got to have the background color.

I'm trying to avoid writing a button widget, but I'm not sure how I'd go 
about getting a gc on a button.
From the snippets, this seems to be the only way I can change it.
   button.addPaintListener(new PaintListener()
     {
        public void paintControl(PaintEvent e)
        {
           
e.gc.setBackground(Display.getDefault().getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_BLUE));
        }
     });

but it doesn't work, and the color still stays grey.