Set color for Button

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nodochau
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Set color for Button

Post by nodochau » Fri Jul 17, 2020 4:30 pm

Hello All,
Are we able to set color for buttons in dialog?
Thanks

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Re: Set color for Button

Post by Grovkillen » Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:42 pm

Yes I use that all the time. You can do it manually in the dialog editor or by invoking the dialog property commands.
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Re: Set color for Button

Post by nodochau » Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:52 pm

I tried to find where to set the color for it manually but I couldn't find it though. I could change Font size, color...
but I want to change the color for buttons.
Also tried the setdialogobjectcolor for MSbutton and it did not work :(
Please show me how to do that

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Re: Set color for Button

Post by Grovkillen » Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:16 am

Sorry, I use images to fake buttons.... I see that now.
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Re: Set color for Button

Post by Grovkillen » Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:16 am

But better might be to use the awesome HTML element instead and change colors with HTML.
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Re: Set color for Button

Post by JRL » Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:10 pm

Microsoft for some unknown reason did not give buttons color flexibility. However, panels are a lot like buttons and they can change colors. Here's a way to use a panel as a button.

HighLight and UnHighLight are not technically needed to be able to execute the panel like a button, but I think they add to the user experience.

Edit:09/16/2020 Added TabStop = True to the Panel1 object properties so that tabbing will go there.

Code: Select all

Dialog>Dialog1
object Dialog1: TForm
  Caption = 'Demo'
  ClientHeight = 135
  ClientWidth = 210
  object Label1: TLabel
    Left = 48
    Top = 56
    Width = 109
    Height = 13
    Caption = 'Panel Button with color'
  end
  object Panel1: TPanel
    Left = 59
    Top = 86
    Width = 86
    Height = 27
    Caption = 'Ok'
    Color = 4227327
    ParentBackground = False
    TabStop = True
  end
end
EndDialog>Dialog1

AddDialogHandler>Dialog1,Panel1,OnMouseEnter,HighLight
AddDialogHandler>Dialog1,Panel1,OnMouseLeave,UnHighLight
AddDialogHandler>Dialog1,Panel1,OnClick,Msg

Show>Dialog1,

SRT>Msg
  MDL>Button Clicked
END>Msg

SRT>HighLight
  SetDialogProperty>Dialog1,Panel1,Color,4227300
END>HighLight

SRT>UnHighLight
  SetDialogProperty>Dialog1,Panel1,Color,4227327
END>UnHighLight

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Re: Set color for Button

Post by nodochau » Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:23 am

JRL wrote:
Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:10 pm
Microsoft for some unknown reason did not give buttons color flexibility. However, panels are a lot like buttons and they can change colors. Here's a way to use a panel as a button.

HighLight and UnHighLight are not technically needed to be able to execute the panel like a button, but I think they add to the user experience.

Code: Select all

Dialog>Dialog1
object Dialog1: TForm
  Caption = 'Demo'
  ClientHeight = 135
  ClientWidth = 210
  object Label1: TLabel
    Left = 48
    Top = 56
    Width = 109
    Height = 13
    Caption = 'Panel Button with color'
  end
  object Panel1: TPanel
    Left = 59
    Top = 86
    Width = 86
    Height = 27
    Caption = 'Ok'
    Color = 4227327
    ParentBackground = False
  end
end
EndDialog>Dialog1

AddDialogHandler>Dialog1,Panel1,OnMouseEnter,HighLight
AddDialogHandler>Dialog1,Panel1,OnMouseLeave,UnHighLight
AddDialogHandler>Dialog1,Panel1,OnClick,Msg

Show>Dialog1,

SRT>Msg
  MDL>Button Clicked
END>Msg

SRT>HighLight
  SetDialogProperty>Dialog1,Panel1,Color,4227300
END>HighLight

SRT>UnHighLight
  SetDialogProperty>Dialog1,Panel1,Color,4227327
END>UnHighLight
Great! That is what I wanted.
Thanks a lot for your help.

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Re: Set color for Button

Post by Phil Pendlebury » Sat Jun 25, 2022 9:16 am

JRL to the rescue again!
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