Reading what you folks said, gave me an idea. Why not make a bevel button with an icon that is text. Then change the color of the pic as required.
Perhaps a little bit harder than the solution given earlier, but a thought. Regards. > > From: "Jonathon Bevar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/10/27 Fri AM 11:39:09 EST > To: "REALbasic NUG" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: pushbutton text color > > Thanks for your input as that is all I was after is that it would be nice. > > Jonathon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arnaud Nicolet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "REALbasic NUG" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 6:02 AM > Subject: Re: pushbutton text color > > > Le 27 oct. 06 à 02:53 Matin, Terry Ford a écrit: > > > On Oct 26, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Jonathon Bevar wrote: > > > >> Yes, true as in the BevelButton, but most Normal PushButtons need some > >> kind of text. So I am saying, why not have all the text attributes for > >> the controls that use the text format. > >> > >> It's like I can add the text of "STOP", and if I want to make it Bold, > >> Italic, or even Underline I can. But I can NOT make it RED... WHY NOT? > >> It doesn't make sense having one but not the other is all I am saying. > > > > But what you must remember is that colored text pushbuttons are probably > > the exception rather than the rule in most OS's. > > > > How many times have you seen this attribute in the applications you > > normally use? I have none in the several dozen that I use regularly and > > can't remember any that have any color other than black. > > > > Even Bold, Italic and Underlined are exceptions, IMHO, but probably are > > supported in cross platform apps within the OS's APIs. Color is most > > likely not supported as Rb would probably include it if it were. > > However, there is still the question: why is text colour not > supported in pushbuttons on most OS's? > I believe it's because the rest of the button is fixed. If the text > colour could be changed, this may lead to an unreadable text. > > Anyway, a MacOS X default button with red as text colour would be > wonderful!_______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.16/504 - Release Date: 10/27/2006 > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.16/504 - Release Date: 10/27/2006 > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
