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is it possible to change background color of a read-only edit box?

slowjamsslowjams
in OpenInsight
Currently, the default background color of a read-only edit box is grey, and it overwrites any other colors if I use set_property() to set background color to sth else, for example, white color. So is it possible to change background color of a read-only edit box?

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  • DonBakkeDonBakke
    Is this truly read-only or is it disabled?
  • slowjamsslowjams
    @DonBakke it is truly read-only
  • DonBakkeDonBakke
    Thanks for the clarification. I don't think you can override this. It's a style controlled by the Windows theme. If it was soft-disabled you could control this.
  • joshjosh
    What's soft disabled?
  • DonBakkeDonBakke


    Soft means leaving that box unchecked. It also means you have control over the theme. Hard means you are letting Windows decide for you.
  • KevinFournierKevinFournier
    Note, however, that disabled means the user can't interact with the control, which means they won't be able to highlight text for copy/paste purposes.
  • joshjosh
    edited October 2019
    ok, so then it's still not going to work. anyway, we have just deiced to embed an ie browser into the form and put the text we want to display in read only mode in that browser. We create the html file dynaimcally and save it to the user's local drive. So basically we have an OI control on steroids (browser can do anything)
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