Change colour of Comb field cells?

[Jono_Moore]

Can't seem to find anything on this.



I'd like to change the background colour of some comb fields. I've tried "this.fillColor" but it does the whole box.

[Former Community Member]

For a text field called TextField1, try these client-side JavaScripts....



TextField1.resolveNode("ui.#textEdit").border.edge.color.value = "120,150,200";



TextField1.fillColor = "240,240,240";

[Jono_Moore]

I tried that on the comb field and on a text field to test it and it doesn't seem to do anything? (The resolveNode script.)



I put it in the Initialize event for the field. I tried it with the field name and with "this". Fill.Color works but does the whole box including caption.

[Jono_Moore]

I've fixed it for now by putting a grey box behind the fields.

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Jono,



I have had a look, using LC Designer ES it is possible to set the colour of the value portion of the view to grey by accessing the Object / Field / Appearance / Custom and setting the background fill to solid (and picking a colour).



If you are using an earlier version, then setting the background to white (which might set the whole field to white). Then in the initialise event:



var fld;

fld = xfa.resolveNode("form1.p1.numericField1.ui.#numericEdit.border.fill.color");

fld.value = "192,192,192";



It appears that you can access the fill colour using the .ui appraoch, note that you need to correct notation for the field you are using, for example:



Date field = .ui.#dateTimeEdit

Dropdown = .ui.#choiceList

Checkbox = .ui#checkButton

Text field = .ui#textEdit

Numeric field = .ui.#numericEdit



Note that if the field does not have a background colour (i.e. at least white) then the script will not work.



Hope that helps,



Niall

[Jono_Moore]

Thanks Niall!



I was trying to do it via the Border palette, forgot you could colour the fields from the Field palette!



Where did you find the info on the ui. elements?

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Jono,



Can't remember exactly ;-) I know that the "fld" variable is not how I name variables, so I am guessing that I got the solution from this forum. Once I was put onto it, I got the other user interface definitions from the Abobe Calculations and Scripts file.



I also use JP Terry's book and Adobe reference documents.



Also check out

http://groups.google.com/group/livecycle

http://forms.stefcameron.com/

http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfdevjunkie/



Good luck,



Niall