4 Replies Latest reply on Jan 3, 2010 6:30 PM by David_F57

Can't change backgroundColor in Text component?

Dean Schulze Jan 3, 2010 2:21 PM

I have multi-line text I want to display on a colored background. The Text component apparently has no way to change its background color. According to the Flex 4 docs there is no style for backgroundColor and calling setStyle("backgroundColor", "...") has no effect.

I checked the Spark TextArea, and it also doesn't seem to have any way to change background color.

What is the story with background color with Text and TextArea?

Thanks.

1. Re: Can't change backgroundColor in Text component?

Gregory Lafrance Jan 3, 2010 3:14 PM (in response to Dean Schulze)

This blog post shows setting a gradient background fill. You can probably do away with the gradient for your case:

http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/10/24/setting-a-gradient-background-fill-on-a-spark-text area-control-in-flex-4/

If this post answers your question or helps, please mark it as such.

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2. Re: Can't change backgroundColor in Text component?

David_F57 Jan 3, 2010 6:11 PM (in response to Dean Schulze)

Hi,

You now set the background color with setStyle("contentBackgroundColor",MyColor)

David.
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3. Re: Can't change backgroundColor in Text component?

Dean Schulze Jan 3, 2010 6:18 PM (in response to David_F57)

David,

Thanks. Is there a rule of thumb to determine which controls use "backgroundColor" and which use "contentBackgroundColor" ?
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4. Re: Can't change backgroundColor in Text component?

David_F57 Jan 3, 2010 6:30 PM (in response to Dean Schulze)

Hi,

My understanding is(and i'm not so smart so don't take it as gospel) that the sdk is being cleaned up so that styling is consistent across the board which would mean that by release we would always be styling to the contentbackground.

David.
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