| Re: change background color in widget_text [message #74844] |
Wed, 02 February 2011 15:52 |
Adam Lefkoff
Messages: 3
Registered: July 2010
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if you happen to be on linux, a Widget_Table() with a single cell, and no row
or column headers looks and acts (somewhat) just like a single line, editable
text widget with the added bonus that you can set the colors for the foreground
and background of a table cell. I use this workaround all the time when I need
to control the foreground/background color for text entry... Sadly, this hack
doesn't work for Windows because no matter what your table size, you always get
the dreaded horizontal/vertical scroll bars (even if there is nothing to
scroll) which makes your cell very un-"text widget like"...
Being able to change the foreground/background color of the text in a text
widget (and a label, too, of course), just like you already can with the text
in a cell of a Widget_Table() would be ideal.
cheers,
Adam
On 2/2/2011 2:31 PM, clrussell wrote:
> Hi, Does anyone know how you go about changing the background color in
> a text widget from the default gray. Or change the color of the text.
> What I need is to be able to highlight or fill the text widget with
> either red or green. Any suggestions? Thanks so much! Cindy
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| Re: change background color in widget_text [message #74852 is a reply to message #74845] |
Wed, 02 February 2011 14:16  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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clrussell writes:
> Hi, Does anyone know how you go about changing the background color in
> a text widget from the default gray. Or change the color of the text.
> What I need is to be able to highlight or fill the text widget with
> either red or green. Any suggestions?
It's not going to happen.* Sorry. :-(
Cheers,
David
* Unless you hit onto some incredible hack that hasn't been
thought of yet. Plenty of people have tried, though.
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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