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Changing the text color of a check box

DMR — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 18:20:41 GMT

Hi - I want to change both the text color and the background color of a check box. The following short example demonstrates that the background color is being changed to red and a border is being added as I'd expect, but the text color is not being changed to yellow as requested. The properties appear to be correct. Am I doing something silly here?

cb = check box("Hi There! ", beep(), << text color("yellow"), << background color("red"), << border(1));

nw = new window("My Window", cb);

show properties(cb);

Many thanks.

Re: Changing the text color of a check box

msharp — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 19:56:16 GMT

Seems like Text Color isn't very universal. It works in some cases (i.e. captions) but not in others. You could always just create a text box next to the checkbox and color the text there with << Font Color().

tb = text box("Hi There!");

cb = check box("", beep());

nw = new window("My Window", hlistbox(cb,tb));

tb << Font Color("yellow") << background color("red") << border(1);

Re: Changing the text color of a check box

DMR — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 08:32:46 GMT

Yes, it looks like that's the best way to do it. Also I note I that can get the background color to surround the check box by putting the whole thing inside a border box like this:

tb = textbox("Hi there! ", << font color("white"), << set font style("bold"));

bb = borderbox(hlistbox(checkbox("", beep()), tb), << background color("red"), << border(1));

nw = new window("My Window", bb);

Many thanks.

Re: Changing the text color of a check box

pmroz — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:49:00 GMT

I couldn't get that code to work in JMP 11. This works however:

nw = new window("My Window",

hlistbox(

cb = check box(""),

bb = border box(tb = text box("Hi There!"))

)

);

tb << Font Color("yellow");

bb << set background color("red") << sides(15);