Re: [PUSHED][PATCH]fdo45671 writer par. bg color simplified code for split button

Hi Winfried,

On 7 March 2012 07:54, Winfried Donkers <W.Donkers@dci-electronics.nl> wrote:
> Astron wrote (06-03-2012 17:44)
> > > That is expected behaviour to me. The startup background colur is
> > > transparent (hence the gray bitmap in the button).
>
> > To the uninitiated, this behaviour might seem very confusing (exactly
> > as it did to Ivan). In Excel, the default background colour seems to
> > be yellow, so let's do something similar here – I don't like yellow
> > per se, but Excel users are probably used to yellow, so no need to
> > break the functionality for them.
> > So, I'd propose to use either "Yellow" or "Chart 3" as the default.
>
> I simply -and without further thought- copied the initial setting of
> the old style button, which was transparent and which shows as gray
> (see colour palette). I have no problem in changing the initial
> colour to yellow (as with writer highlight colour), but once you
> select transparent colour from the palette, the button shows gray
> again...

Okay.


> Just let me know which initial colour you prefer and I will try to
> implement it :)

In the interest of consistency and contrast... the best is probably to
use "Yellow."


Astron.