Set the color of text for a disabled field

Bob Sneidar bobs at twft.com
Tue Dec 6 17:03:09 EST 2011


Thanks Stephen. I was hoping for something simple that I overlooked. If anyone complains I will address it then. Too much work for too little gain. 

Bob


On Dec 6, 2011, at 12:30 PM, stephen barncard wrote:

> I am guessing that one can't - that it's determined by the host machines'
> os.
> 
> However, why not turn the problem around - prevent text entry, then change
> the bg color of the  field.
> 
> make a handler  (setprop, getprop) in the field to handle the fake states.
> 
> set the defaultState of fld x to true
> 
> etc
> 
> sqb
> 
> On 6 December 2011 12:11, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all.
>> 
>> Any way to set the color of the text in a disabled field? It's gray by
>> default, but I cannot find anything in the help about how to set the
>> disabled color. It would be nice to set it to blue or some darker shade of
>> gray, as it is hard on the eyes the way it is.
>> 
>> Bob
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