graphic fill property

Doug Lerner doug at webcrossing.com
Mon Jan 12 08:01:16 EST 2004


On 1/12/04 9:50 PM, "Jan Schenkel" <janschenkel at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- Doug Lerner <doug at webcrossing.com> wrote:
>> The docs say:
>> 
>> "? The backgroundColor of a graphic is displayed
>> inside the graphic?s border
>> if the graphic?s fill property is true. If the
>> graphic?s fill is false, the
>> setting of the backgroundColor has no effect."
>> 
>> But setting the fill property of a graphic object
>> seems to set a *custom*
>> fill property and the backgroundColor doesn't seem
>> to be used.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> doug
>> 
> 
> Hi Doug,
> 
> The name of the property is 'filled' or 'showFill' --
> so you may want to bugzilla it so Jeanne can fix it in
> the docs for 'backgroundColor'.
> Also make sure the 'opaque' property is true.

Thanks, That worked. The docs are not only wrong there, they are confusing
about the "filled" property too. They make it sound like it just applies to
paint.

doug



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