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Border Colors

Post by fabianomartins »

Hello all, how can I change the border color of a wxTextCtrl?

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Post by computerquip »

Since no one has mentioned, I don't think this is a feature built into TextCtrl but I'm sure it can be done if you want to give it a shot :D
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Post by catalin »

Hi,

wxTextCtrl has native implementation so the border color is set by the OS theme.

You can try a workaround - use wxNO_BORDER for the wxText, add it to a sizer, add the sizer to a wxPanel of size
( 2*borderThickness + txtCtrl.width , 2*borderThickness + txtCtrl.height )
, draw a rectangle on the panel to replace the border of the wxTextCtrl.

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Post by fabianomartins »

Thank's I'll try!
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Post by Auria »

fabianomartins wrote:Thank's I'll try!
Please accept the post that helped you, not yours.

Thanks :)

PS: Just to add on Catalin's trick. There is very likely no need to manually set ( 2*borderThickness + txtCtrl.width , 2*borderThickness + txtCtrl.height ), as wxSizer::Add lets you specify a border. Also, you may not need to draw a rectangle on the panel, you might just want to set its background color, which is much simpler.
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