I’ve got some buttons that I would like to add some color to. I can set the background on a button to a color, say, yellow. When I run this in the Web Client, I get a nice yellow button. When I run this in the Smart Client, tho, I get a grey button with a little yellow outline around it. I’ve looked at the parameters I can set in styles, and “background” seems to be the right thing, but I’m not getting the behavior that I expect in both clients.
I can build the buttons in Photoshop in the color I want and use that, but it seems like this should be working in the Smart Client. What am I missing?
As always, your guidance and advice are appreciated.
The actual use of the background color you specify on buttons is up to the Look&Feel.
I know there are L&Fs (Windows L&F I think) that decide to ignore the set background color of buttons. Try it with another L&F and see if that works. For example Metal, Window Classic.
Changing showClick property (and horizontalAlignment to compensate) on Windows L&F buttons makes them paint background, but I don’t know if you want that - they no longer look the same. You should also test if you are ok with this on other L&Fs, OSes…
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And thanks again for the info on coloring buttons. I have a feeling that, when all is said and done, I may just make some buttons in Photoshop in the color that I want, and just use that instead.