On 18.07.2012, at 09:12, Quincey Morris wrote: > There are 3 states for enabled controls**, not two: > > 1. In an inactive window (Snow Leopard+ at least -- I think the appearance > was different in Leopard), controls are colorless with a lighter shade of > gray textured background (just like the title bar is a lighter shade of > gray). List and text selections are gray.
This state often looks transparent or flattened. The plasticity of a control gets reduced because it's in a background window. > 2. In a main, non-key window, controls are colorless and a darker shade of > gray background, again similar to the title bar. List and text selections are > gray, though I can't tell if it's the exactly the same gray as #1. These often just lose the blue tint of a control, but otherwise look active and solid and 3D. But e.g. popup buttons and scrollers are now monochrome, so you don't see this as often anymore. > 3. In a key window, controls are colored, if they have a non-gray color. This > includes list and text selections for example. Cheers, -- Uli Kusterer "The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere..." http://www.masters-of-the-void.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
