Backcolor don't apply to text?

[2005 IR Help]

By: David Lim - aberrant80

Backcolor don't apply to text?

2004-03-07 03:12

Calling setBackcolor for static text elements don't seem to work. The background is still the default white. My mistake? If not, any workaround?

 

I think it's much easier to use the back color attribute of a text element than to put a text element and a rectangle inside an element group....

 

David.

 

 

 

 

 

By: Teodor Danciu - teodord

RE: Backcolor don't apply to text?

2004-03-07 03:57

 

Hi,

 

Make your text fields opaque.

The default is mode="Transparent".

Check the "Quick Reference" for details.

 

I hope this helps.

Teodor

 

 

 

 

 

By: David Lim - aberrant80

RE: Backcolor don't apply to text?

2004-03-07 04:05

Yep, that helped, thanks. but uh... teodor... i think you missed mentioning the default value for mode. So since Opaque came first, I thought default was opaque ;)

 

 

 

 

By: Teodor Danciu - teodord

RE: Backcolor don't apply to text?

2004-03-07 04:22

 

Hi,

 

I've missed it because it depends on the type of the

element.

Graphic elements are "Opaque" by default, but text

elements are "Transparent" by default.

 

Thank you,

Teodor