setting htmltext makes field appear disabled

[Bob Rasmussen]

Martin,

Same here.  It didn't do this on previous versions (at least not on MacOS 9).

I've confirmed that the field isn't truly disabled, based on the settings of the field properties. It just looks as though it is.

My work around has been to do something like the following:

  set the htmlText of theField to myHTML
  set the enabled of theField to the enabled of theField

The second line is a no-op, leaving the field disabled if it truly is. If the field is enabled though, it restores the appearance to enabled.

Bob


> I just set the htmltext of a standard scrolling field for the first time
> since I upgraded to the latest v111. When I do so the field takes the
> appearance of a disabled field. The backcolor becomes light grey and black
> text becomes a dark grey.
> As soon as I click in the field to edit, and give it focus, the field
> resumes the normal appearance of an editable field, ie the backcolor turns
> white and the black text becomes black again.
> I'm using release 1.1.1 on macOS
>
> I can work around this but:
>
> does this happen to other people?
>
> rev didn't do this in previous versions did it - or am I misremembering?
>
> martin baxter
>
> m a r t i n
>
> martin baxter Cambridge UK