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Change backgroundcolor of menu
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:50 am
by Nicke
Hi,
I started using LiveCode a few days ago and I am really impressed. But I can't understand what I should do to change the backgroundcolor of a menu built by the Menu Builder.
This is what I have tried:
Changing backgroundcolor for the group -> nothing happens
Using edit group -> In that mode I can see the backgroundcolor change but when I return to the default view of the card it is still lightgrey
I have also tried different opaque changes in different places but without any luck, what am I missing?
Thanks in advance!
Re: Change backgroundcolor of menu
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:57 am
by Klaus
Hi Nicke,
1. welcome to the forum
2. On what paltform did you try to colorize the menu?
Just made a quick test and could add a nasty violet to a newly created menubar via "Menu builder"!
BUT on a Mac you cannot colorize the menu bar at the top of the monitor, even if you set a bg color
for the menu group, the OS is taking care of this.
Best
Klaus
Re: Change backgroundcolor of menu
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:03 pm
by Nicke
Thank you Klaus for an fast answer!
Sorry forgot to say that I'm using Windows. So did you change color from within the Menu Builder or how did you exactly do it?
Re: Change backgroundcolor of menu
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:42 pm
by Klaus
Hi Nicke,
I created a new menu in "Menu Builder"
Then I selected that new group on my card and set its backgroundcolor.
That's it, no idea why this shouldn't work?!
Best
Klaus
Re: Change backgroundcolor of menu
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:50 pm
by Nicke
Hi Klaus,
I made a new menu with the "Set as stack Menu bar" option disabled and now I could change the color of the menu but it did not affect the "bottom" of the menu that is still grey. Should I use "Set as stack Menu bar" or what does it really do? I'm using version 6.5 of LiveCode if that is of any difference.
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This is so strange...
Best regards
Nicke
Re: Change backgroundcolor of menu
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 1:21 pm
by Klaus
Hi Nicke.,
hmmm, sorry, no brilliant idea in the moment...
Best
Klaus
Re: Change backgroundcolor of menu
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:25 pm
by Nicke
Hi Klaus,
just wanted to update you that when I opened my LC project on another computer the menu was colored as I wanted... I'll have to take a look on what is causing that problem, maybe a new gfx driver can fix the problem.
Thank you for the excellent support!
Best regards
Nicke
Re: Change backgroundcolor of menu
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:50 pm
by Klaus
Hi Nicke,
Nicke wrote:Hi Klaus,
just wanted to update you that when I opened my LC project on another computer the menu was colored as I wanted... I'll have to take a look on what is causing that problem, maybe a new gfx driver can fix the problem.
fun with computers!
Nicke wrote:Thank you for the excellent support!
My pleasure, wait for the invoice at the end of the month!
Just kidding
Best
Klaus