Listbrowser background color

Is there a way to set a listbrowser gadgets' background color? Preferably by just specifying a pen.

If you reply "backfill hook", be prepared to provide a complete hook function example or don't reply at all ;)

And no, the reaction backfill example in the SDK is of no use.

@orgin

For such simple backfill patterns you can use ILayers->CreateBackFillHook() to create the backfill hook.

@salass00

Thanks, unfortunately the listbrowser remains dull gray. (GA_BackFill, myhook)

@orgin

Backfull or backfill?

@orgin

The following simple program which uses CreateBackFillHook works correctly so it appears that the problem is at the listbrowser end:
http://www.a500.org/downloads/development/backfill_example.lha

IIRC it's possible that the GA_BackFill is only used for background areas that are around the listbrowser, like the area between the listbrowser and the scroller gadget if you let listbrowser create it for you.

@orgin

Which part of the listbrowser are you haveing problems with?

The extra area when the list is "too short"? Perhaps you could populate it with blank nodes?


Edit: Or one big node that fill the remaining space and apply a backfill hook to that?

Hacky solution I know, but ...

@salass00

Okey, too bad, seems to me that the listbrowser gadget could use some major overhauling.

@broadblues

"The extra area when the list is "too short"? Perhaps you could populate it with blank nodes?"

That would just create a whole set of other problems, resizing, and new nodes, scrollbars etc. I'm trying to avoid ugly workarounds.

@orgin

Oh yeah, hadn't though of the scroll bar angle, that makes my "hack" useless.

@broadblues

i notice workbemch windows in name mode suffer from the same problem. It is a little ugly, but not the end of the world.

@orgin

Quote:

Perhaps try REACTION_BackFill instead ?

Bye,
Thomas

@thomas

No difference.

@orgin

does the background color of the containing object have any effect?

@broadblues

All of the space is used by the gadget so it's not possible to see.