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Dave Grems

Combo Box widget differnce between v7.x & v8.5.2

While migrating my application from VA Smalltalk v7.0 to v8.5.2, I noticed that the general look of the combo boxes (specifically the CwComboBox and WbObjectComboBox) is different from that in v7.0. While the functionality in v8.5.2 appears to be the same, the most significant visual difference is that when the combo box is in its normal state (not in drop down state), the background color of the widget is gray. Its only when the drop down list portion of the combo box is engaged that a (preset) background color for the widget is present.

This does present an issue for my application where some widgets are presented with different background colors, where those colors connote some level of importance and meaning. Since drop down lists now only present in gray, that meaning is not present on basic visual inspection of a window.

Is there some way to set the look and feel back to the combo box presentation of v7.x? Is there some other trick to have the background color of the combo box in its neutral state to show a background color other than gray?

Thanks!
Dave Grems

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John O'Keefe-3

Re: Combo Box widget differnce between v7.x & v8.5.2

Dave -

Most of the graphical appearance of VA Smalltalk widgets is controlled by Microsoft since we use native Windows widgets for our UI. You can try removing the abt.exe.manifest file from the <varoot>\bin directory. This will revert some of the appearance (but probably not all).

John
On Monday, June 10, 2013 12:06:38 PM UTC-7, Dave Grems wrote:

While migrating my application from VA Smalltalk v7.0 to v8.5.2, I noticed that the general look of the combo boxes (specifically the CwComboBox and WbObjectComboBox) is different from that in v7.0. While the functionality in v8.5.2 appears to be the same, the most significant visual difference is that when the combo box is in its normal state (not in drop down state), the background color of the widget is gray. Its only when the drop down list portion of the combo box is engaged that a (preset) background color for the widget is present.

This does present an issue for my application where some widgets are presented with different background colors, where those colors connote some level of importance and meaning. Since drop down lists now only present in gray, that meaning is not present on basic visual inspection of a window.

Is there some way to set the look and feel back to the combo box presentation of v7.x? Is there some other trick to have the background color of the combo box in its neutral state to show a background color other than gray?

Thanks!
Dave Grems

Dave Grems

Re: Combo Box widget differnce between v7.x & v8.5.2

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That took care of it. Thanks!

On Monday, June 10, 2013 2:06:38 PM UTC-5, Dave Grems wrote:

While migrating my application from VA Smalltalk v7.0 to v8.5.2, I noticed that the general look of the combo boxes (specifically the CwComboBox and WbObjectComboBox) is different from that in v7.0. While the functionality in v8.5.2 appears to be the same, the most significant visual difference is that when the combo box is in its normal state (not in drop down state), the background color of the widget is gray. Its only when the drop down list portion of the combo box is engaged that a (preset) background color for the widget is present.

This does present an issue for my application where some widgets are presented with different background colors, where those colors connote some level of importance and meaning. Since drop down lists now only present in gray, that meaning is not present on basic visual inspection of a window.

Is there some way to set the look and feel back to the combo box presentation of v7.x? Is there some other trick to have the background color of the combo box in its neutral state to show a background color other than gray?

Thanks!
Dave Grems