[news.eclipse.tools.gef] Re: fillGradient on a Figure

["Randy Hudson" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi,
>
> I've got a Figure which contains a title bar and a content pane. The 
> content pane is of type 'RectangleFigure'. I would like to fill the 
> content pane with a gradient color.

> Overriding the paintFigure(Graphics g) method did not succeed:
>
> paintFigure(Graphics g) {
>    super.paintFigure(g);
>    g.fillGradient(this.getContentPane().getClientArea(), true);
> }
You could switch to using a plain Figure for the content pane and it 
wouldn't cover up your gradient.

Or...

> Then I thought of overriding the method fillShape(Graphics g) of 
> RectangleFigure but that did not work either. The colors aren't changed in 
> any way.

Put a breakpoint to see if the method is called. Also, the foreground and BG 
colors are important.