Hi Rutger, why not use the example of guitest? The canvas with the color tiles? Instead of frames you could use buttons (for the selection effect). Cheers, Fons. > > > Hi ROOTers (Fons), > > I need a 'widget' or sort of ListBox to select a color. I was thinking of > using a TGComboBox for this, but don't succeed to get it working. > > By idea is the following: > > Instead of adding 'text' as 'entry' via > > TGComboBox::AddEntry(char *s, Int_t id); > > I add a TGLBEntry with > > TGComboBox* fComboBox; > <....> > fComboBox->AddEntry(lbe, lhints); > > where > > lbe = new TGLBEntry(fComboBox->GetListBox()->GetContainer, id, > kHorizontalFrame, entryColor); > lhints = new TGLayoutHints(kLHintsExpandX | kLHintsTop); > > where 'entryColor' is the color I want for the entry. > > This seems not to work at all (the TGPopupComboBox is empty => no > entries). > > This is the first part I don't understand. It might be that this is > because of the comment in the TGListBox class description (i.e. 'Currently > entries are simple text strings (TGTextLBEntry)'). But it seems strange > to me that I need to use a TGTextLBEntry, instead of the base class > TGLBEntry (which is used in the TGListBox!!!) if I don't want the extra > functionality of adding text. > > But to continue I tried using a TGTextLBEntry which I then give the > required entryColor as background color. now I use: > > lbe = new TGTextLBEntry(fComboBox->GetListBox()->GetContainer(), > new TGString("don't want this string"), id, > theGC, > theFont, > kHorizontalFrame, > entryColor), > > where theGC and theFont are GC and FontStruct defined as mentioned in > guitest.cxx. > > > What happens is that I indead get the entry in the TGComboBox (I infact > add more TGTextLBEnties with different color) with a color (not the one I > want, but that's for later concern.) But when I select an entry the > 'selected entry' does not have the 'right' background color anymore. > Looking into the source code it seems that this is caused by: > > TGTextLBEntry::Update(TGLBEntry *e) > { SetText(new TGString(((TGTextLBEntry *)e)->GetText())); } > > which only updates the text... > > > This seems not to bring me any further. My question(s); > - am I on the right way to implement the 'widget' that I want (i.e. a > color selector)? > - Did anybody implement something like that already (in a different way?) > - any suggestions (Fons?) > > > Thanks, and keep up the good work, > > Rutger van der Eijk. > -- Org: CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics. Mail: 1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland Phone: +41 22 7679248 E-Mail: Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch Fax: +41 22 7677910
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