Steve: Thanks for taking a look! I haven't found anything else either. I think it's a long standing issue.
I did mock-up an alternate solution using wxGrid(attached). It's a lot more visually flexible, but not sure if it will fit into the OPs plans. We'll see. Thanks again, James On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:06 PM, <steveco.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > Good Afternoon Florida, > > Hi James, I've had a look at your code thinking that it was an easy > fix.... and I have the same as you. > > I guess the silence from other quarters implies that they too haven't > found anything else. > > I can't really spend any more time on this now, but if I do get a minute > I'll have another look. > > Good luck, > > Regards > > Steve > > ------------------------------ > *From:* James Lynes [mailto:jmlyne...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 27 March 2013 15:42 > *To:* wxperl-users@perl.org > *Subject:* Formatting the Column Headers of a ListCtrl > > Good Afternoon(in Florida at least): > > I have been trying to help a Perl Monks poster with the question: How do > you change the color and font of a ListCtrl column header? It's been > interesting archeology so far! > > It seems that Wx::ListItem->SetTextColour > ->SetBackgroundColour > ->SetFont > calls don't work when applied to a ListCtrl::InsertColumn(col, item) call. > They work fine when applied to an item. SetText and SetWidth also work fine > with InsertColumn. > > I found a post on the wxWidgets wiki saying as much and suggesting a work > around of setting the color and font on the ListCtrl and then changing the > color and font of the items as they are created. This kinda works except > for setting the background of the column header. The font, font size and > text color do get set as directed(on my CitrusPerl 5.16/2.8x installation). > And the items get set as directed. See the attached test code. > > Is this issue "fixed" in 2.9.x? Any other ideas on changing the column > header font/text color/background color? Any better work-arounds? > > Thanks for your time and experience. > > James > > > >
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