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Re: [platform-swt-dev] Color of the active button / toogle button 
Hello, 

<Leo's thought>
  In SWT there is api to set the background of the button, but there is no api to define the color of the actively selected/focused button.

  However, you could make use of a focus listener and make the actively selected button dark.

  I wrote a little proof of concept snippet:
  https://github.com/LeoUfimtsev/LeoSwtTests/blob/master/src/standaloneTests/LTEST_Button_dark_when_active.java

  To test it you can check out the repo and run the individual java file or copy the snippet and erase line 31. (Btw, Looks nicer with SWT_GTK3=1)

  Attached is a little video of the snippet in action.

  So one potential solution is to include a listener somewhere and when the dark theme is activated, make buttons darker.
</Leo's thought>


<Side note>
   Gtk's CSS theming does support different colors depending on state of the control. 
   (Active, selected, unfocused, mouse-over etc...) but this would introduce api change and may not be supported on all platforms.
</Side note>

Thank you

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Niraj Modi" <niraj.modi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Eclipse Platform SWT component developers list." <platform-swt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 7:31:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [platform-swt-dev] Color of the active button / toogle button
> 
> Hi Lars,
> On Windows we cannot change button background due to platform limitation..
> see bugs 23837 and 23837.
> This is how dark-theme button looks on Windows7:
> 
> 
> Not sure, the bug that you are looking for is:
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=462009 - [Gtk3] Button
> background Color fix... something related to dark theme :)
>  
> Regards,
> Niraj Modi
> 
> 
> From:   Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     "Eclipse Platform SWT component developers list."
> <platform-swt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   05/06/2015 02:50 PM
> Subject:        [platform-swt-dev] Color of the active button / toogle
> button
> Sent by:        platform-swt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> Hi SWT development friends,
> 
> in our dark theme the background color of the active button is light, see
> screenshot. Does SWT already have API to configure this background color?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> If not do you have already a bug report for requesting this feature? I
> think I remember that we had a bug report on this, but I can't find it, so
> maybe this has been fixed or my memory tricks me.
> 
> Best regards, Lars
> 
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