Re: disabled text field drawing/colors/theming...

[Matt Rice]

--- Matt Rice <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> --- Richard Frith-Macdonald <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On 27 Dec 2006, at 15:33, Matt Rice wrote:
> > 
> > > <bug-13916.diff>
> > >
> > > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?13916
> > >
> > > mainly wondering about theming, we could use the
> > normal white  
> > > background and just use the
> > disabledControlTextColor
> > > or hard code the lightGray color (i'd prefer not
> > to for themeing)
> > > or add another named color (extension
> > disabledControlColor or  
> > > disabledTextFieldColor something)
> > > or other comments on the patch...
> > > <bug-13916.diff>
> > 
> > I would have thought that a disabled
> > controlBackgroundColor be the  
> > correct color to use for the background of a
> > disabled text field ...  
> > as if the 'paper' of the field was no longer
> there.
> 
> this makes sense to me...
> 
> > 
> > Using disabledControltextColor would presumably be
> > very bad ... as it  
> > would mean you draw background and text with the
> > same color, and make  
> > the text unreadable.
> > 
> 
> hmm, i don't see that, controlBackgroundColor is
> lightGray and disabledControlTextColor is darkGray
> and it seems readable to me (so in fact its no
> change
> from my patch except using the named color)

oh... i see what you mean, because this is in NSCell,
so disabled non NSTextFieldCells will have invisible
text... hmm

so i guess we need to put this in NSTextFieldCell
instead of calling super's drawInteriorWithFrame: for
this case


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