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

[Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Minh,

Please take this discussion off of the
developer's mailing list. This list is for use by the SWT developers to
communicate details of the implementation work amongst themselves. In future,
use the eclipse news groups for asking user questions. Alternatively, if
you believe you are seeing a bug, please enter a bugzilla report against
the SWT component.

McQ.

Minh Chiem <minhchiem@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-swt-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 24/09/03 23:45 Please respond to platform-swt-dev

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Then how do you explain skins on the internet explorer
windows?

I haven't seen buttons re-coloured myself but i thought that the Toolbar
and Button class were both native widgets, and I have seen toolbars 
coloured in.

Steve Northover wrote:

>
> This is a Windows limitation.  No native application can change
the 
> background color of a button on Windows.
>
>
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>                  *Minh
Chiem <minhchiem@xxxxxxxxxxxx>*
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> changing colours
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> 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.
>
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