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Re: [platform-swt-dev] Re: Re: How does one set the background on a Button with style SWT.PUSH or SWT.ARROW?
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Saturday, January 7, 2006, 6:43:37 PM, Lodewijk Pool wrote:
> Thanks for your input Colin.
> For the interim I have implemented a rather notso-elegant solution by adding
> paintlistener to the button and then drawing a filled rectangle across the
> whole button, by setting the alpha of the colour to about .5 I achieve an
> affect that suits my needs well enough. This, however, does require an
> explicit redraw request on a selection event since, for some reason, the
> filled rectangle is removed whenever the button is pushed.
> In the meantime I am still hoping that there is a better way of doing this.
> Regards,
> Louis.
What you have done is a fine workaround for a win32 platform
limitation. The native button simply does not allow you to
set its colors. On other platforms (Linux GTK, MacOS), it
works fine. Like you suggested, another option is a custom
(emulated) button widget.
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Regards,
David
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