Re: [Pythoncard-users] colored rectangles

[Kevin A. <al...@se...>]

On Aug 2, 2005, at 10:29 AM, bra...@om... wrote:

>
> Alex Tweedly <al...@tw...> wrote on 08/01/2005 05:31:59 PM:
>
>  >> bra...@om... wrote:
> >
>  >> One thing my users miss now that we've transitioned away from
>  > >FileMaker is the color.
>  >> In FileMaker, specific regions of a form were colored to help =
break
>  >> up the window
>  >> into visual groupings. This was accomplished in FileMaker through=20=

> the use of
>  >> a rectangle widget.
>  >> Does anyone have any recommendations for how to bring more color =
to
>  >> PythonCard layouts?
>
> > imageButton with no file (image) specified. set to visible,
>  > disabled, border =3D none and set the backgroundColor to what you
>  > want. =A0(just watch your layer order =A0:-)
>
> That sounds like a nifty solution, but it didn't work when I tried it=20=

> on
> the Mac. It just turns gray and is unresponsive to changes in the
> backgroundColor or foregroundColor. If I set the border to =
transparent,
> the whole image button turns transparent (still gray), but when the
> border is None, the image button obscures any overlapping widgets,
> even the ones that are supposedly in front.
>
> The Image widget worked a little better, in that I could change the
> color, but it still obscures all overlapping widgets.
>
> I'm using PythonCard .82 (latest CVS) and wxPython 2.5.3 on Mac OS=20
> 10.4.2
> with Python 2.3.5. Since I'm at home today, I don't have access to my
> work PC, but tomorrow I can try it on Windows XP.

IIRC, z-order and overlapping widgets is going to be a problem on the=20
Mac in the foreseeable future. wx doesn't really support overlapping=20
widgets anyway, it is just that there are certain situations you can=20
get away with them on Windows and Linux. Another possibility might be=20
to use a background image which has the rectangles you want and will be=20=

drawn instead of the normal background window pattern; see the proof=20
sample for an example of the use of a background image. The downside is=20=

that the background image you create will need to be tweaked as your=20
layout changes, window grows, etc. but it should work on all platforms.

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