I see. So my original conclusion stands - - you can't color a tab button. :(
On September 15, 2014 11:42:01 AM CDT, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: >Hi Jacque, >I missed the fact that the color didn't start until under the tabs. > >Definitely seeing the blending though. It's only noticeable if you >pick a >light color, harder to see if you use a dark color. Try putting a >field >next to the tab control and setting both the backgrounds to Alice Blue, >I >think you'll see what I mean. > >Maybe "blending" isn't the right word. What I mean is that the chosen >color appears darker than it should, presumably because it's somehow >mixed >in with the the normal grey background of the tab. > >Pete >lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> >Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and >SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> > >On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:05 PM, J. Landman Gay ><jac...@hyperactivesw.com> >wrote: > >> On 9/13/2014, 1:15 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: >> >>> It seems that if you set the background color of a tab control, it >is >>> somehow blended with the standard grey background (this is on OSX). >>> >>> Is there a way round this without having to design my own tab >control? >>> >> >> I'm not seeing any blending, but the fill color doesn't start until >just >> under the tabs. That is, the whole rectangle isn't filled, only the >lower >> part. >> >> I don't think there's a way around that. It used to be that the whole >> thing was filled right to the corners, which weren't rounded, so the >fill >> color made little corners above the round-rect borders at the top >right and >> top left of the button. I guess the fix was to fill only the area >below the >> tabs. I hadn't looked at it in a long time, ever since I decided that >you >> couldn't sucessfully color tab buttons. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >subscription preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
