Einhugur DateControl background color

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#1

Is there a way to set the backcolor of Einhugur’s datecontrol on OSX, via declares or MBS?

I just found out recently through another post here, that I could set the backgroundcolor for ComboBoxes on OSX and I wonder if there would not be a similar way to do this for Einhugur’s datecontrol? AFAIK, it makes use of the native control on OSX.

In the case of the combobox, I added a computed property ‘backcolor’ where the setter now looks like this:

[code]Set
mBackColor = value

#If TargetCocoa
Try
Dim c As NSColorMBS = NSColorMBS.colorWithDeviceRGB(value.Red/255,value.Green/255,value.Blue/255)
Dim n As NSComboBoxMBS = Me.NSComboBoxMBS
If n <> Nil Then
n.drawsBackground = True
n.backgroundColor = c
End If
End Try
#EndIf
End Set
[/code]

#2

you could try to get the NSViewMBS of the date control and than walk hierarchy to find NSTextField behind it.

#3

Thanks Christian!

In the open event of the datecontrol I add:

Dim v As NSViewMBS = Me.NSViewMBS

This is how far as I get. I do not know how to “walk hierarchy to find NSTextField behind it”. Anybody willing to enlighten me? - I’m stuck.

#4

Well, it looks like it has no subviews. So maybe Björn draws it on it’s own.
Than you may better email him and ask for a background color property.

#5