BackgroundColor (Property)

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Background color of an Edit control
Background color of a List Box or Combo Box control
Background color of the window
Background color of a Static control
Background color of a Button control
Background color of a Radio Button or Check Box control
Background color of a ListView control
Background color of a TreeView control
Background color of a Table control and its cells, columns or rows
Background color of a Tab control
Background color of a Sidebar control
Background color of a Scrollbar or Spin control
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BackgroundColor (Property)

In french: CouleurFond

Warning
From version 24, BrushColor is kept for backward compatibility. This property is replaced by BackgroundColor.

The BackgroundColor property is used to get and change the background color of:

a control.
a window.
a page.
a report block.
text in a menu option.

Remark: The effects of the BackgroundColor property depend on the type of control (for more details, see "Remarks").

Example

// The background color is modified according to the displayed value
IF EDT_Total > 15000 THEN
EDT_Total.BackgroundColor = LightRed
END

Syntax

Determining the background color Hide the details

<Background color> = <Element used>.BackgroundColor

<Background color>: Integer or constant

Color of the specified element. Corresponds to one of the following options:
an RGB color (returned by RGB),
a preset color.

<Element used>: Type of element

Name of the element to be used: control, window, page or report block.

Changing the background color Hide the details

<Element used>.BackgroundColor = <New color>

<Element used>: Type of element

Name of the element to be used: control, window, page or report block.

<New color>: Integer or constant

New color for the specified element. Corresponds to one of the following options:
an RGB color (returned by RGB),
an HSL color (returned by HSL),
a preset color.

Remarks

Background color of an Edit control

The BackgroundColor property is used to get and change the background color of the text entered in a control.

Background color of a List Box or Combo Box control

The BackgroundColor property is used to get and change the background color of:

All the options of the control.
A single option.

To get or change the background color of an option in the List Box control, use the following syntax:

ListBoxControlName[RowNum]

For example, the following code changes the background color of the second row in the List Box control:

LIST_List1[2].BackgroundColor = LightGreen

Caution: In List Box controls, the new color is kept for the visible rows only.

Background color of the window

If the window is not a "MDI parent" window, the BackgroundColor property allows you to get and change the background color of the window's client area.

Background color of a Static control

The BackgroundColor property is used to get and change the background color of the text in a Static control.

Background color of a Button control

The BackgroundColor property is used to change the background color of a Button control.

Background color of a Radio Button or Check Box control

The BackgroundColor property is used to get and change the background color of a Radio Button or Check Box control.

Background color of a Radio Button control

Background color of a ListView control

The BackgroundColor property is used to get and change the background color of:

All the options of the ListView control.
A single option.

To get or change only the background color of an option in the ListView control, use the following syntax:

<ListView control>[RowNum]

Example: the following code changes the background color of the second row in the ListView control:

LSV_ListView1[2].BackgroundColor = LightGreen

Background color of a TreeView control

The BackgroundColor property is used to get and change the background color of:

All the options of the TreeView control.
A single option.

To get or change the background color of an option in the TreeView control, use the following syntax:

<TreeView control>[RowNum]

Example: the following code changes the background color of the second row in the TreeView control:

TREE_TreeView1[2].BackgroundColor = LightGreen

Background color of a Table control and its cells, columns or rows

Used on the entire Table control, the BackgroundColor property allows you to:

Delete the colors specific to the cells and columns via the following syntax:
<Table control>.BackgroundColor = DefaultColor
Change the background color of all the columns in the Table control (especially columns and cells with no background color). For example, the following code applies blue color to all the columns:
<Table control>.BackgroundColor = DarkBlue

This property gets and sets the background color of a cell in a Table control. The following syntax must be used to specify the cell:

<Table control>[RowNum][ColumnNum]

Example: The following code changes the background color of the cell in the first row of the second column.

TABLE_Table1[1][2].BackgroundColor = DarkBlue

Background color of a Table control cell

Caution: To keep the background color when selecting a row in a Table control based on a data file, simply use the BackgroundColor property in the "Select a row" process.

Remark: To change the style of the background color of a cell, column or row in a Table or TreeView Table control, use the BackgroundStyle property.

Background color of a Tab control

For Tab controls:

For the tabs:
- The Color property gets and sets the text color in the tabs.
- When used on tabs, the BackgroundColor property gets and sets the background color of the tabs.
For the Tab control: The BackgroundColor property gets and sets the background color of the entire Tab control (color used for the tabs, tab panes and area behind the tabs).

Background color of a Sidebar control

The BackgroundColor property gets and sets the background color of the Sidebar control (color used for the background of tabs). The Color property gets and sets the background color of the sidebar panes.

Background color of a Scrollbar or Spin control

The BackgroundColor property changes the background color of a Scrollbar control (color of the scrollbar track).

Limitations

Limitations on report controls
The BackgroundColor property has no effect on:

reports (as a whole).
Internal Report controls.
Signature controls.

Limitations on controls in WINDEV windows
The BackgroundColor property has no effect on the following controls:

HTML controls,
Web Camera controls,
Slider controls.

The BackgroundColor property can only be used with the following elements:

Button control.
Static control.
Edit control.
Image control.
Check Box control.
Radio Button control.
List Box control.
Combo Box control.
TreeView control.
Tab control.
Window.
Table control.
Column of Table control.