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Re: How can I change GUI background? [message #16398 is a reply to message #16359]

Thu, 22 July 1999 00:00

Mark Elliott
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Registered: February 1998

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wendy wrote:
>
> Hi, all:
>
> I want to change my output GUI background to white, how can I do
> it?
> Thanks.

Wendy,
Here's what I did. Probably only useful under UNIX.

1) edit your .Xdefaults file, or
$IDLDIR/resource/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults
if you want the change to be system wide. Add the line:
(Note: "xxx" should be changed to whatever you call your program)

Idl*xxx*background: #ffffffffffff

2) In your IDL code, add this keyword statement to the widget_base()
call that makes your main widget window.

base = widget_base(RESOURCE_NAME='xxx',...)

That should do it. If you change #ffffffffffff to other RGB hex codes,
you'll
get other background colors.

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