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From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: String Gadg Colors
Message-ID: <22735@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 27 Jun 91 14:46:49 GMT
References: <1991Jun27.015649.16945@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga, Inc.  West Chester, PA.
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In article <1991Jun27.015649.16945@crash.cts.com> cdougs@pnet01.cts.com (Doug Sherburne) writes:
>It seems that the background color used in the text entry box of a string
>gadget is always set to the same background color of the screen that
>contains it.  Is there any simple (or hard) way to set this color to 
>something else?

Under 1.3 and earlier, the editable text in a string gadget is hard-coded
as color 1 text on a color 0 background.  There is no real way of controlling
this.

Under 2.0, the StringExtend structure can be used to get the flexibility
you seek.

>INET: cdougs@pnet01.cts.com

     Peter
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