Entry highlight selection color

[fabien]

Hi!

I am using set tk_strictMotif 1 to avoid having highlight problems when clicking on buttons etc. My problem is that when I select the text inside an entry it is highlighted in black. I have tried all the options in entry without luck.

So 1) How can I set the color black to something else?
or 2) How can I disable or make the selection invisible?


Many thanks!

 

[Bong]

.e configure -selectbackground red

where ".e" is my entry, works for me.

Bob Rashkin
rrashkin@csc.com

 

[fabien]

You are right Bong, this works for me too don't know why this did not work before..

What about for the entry in tk_chooseDirectory there is no selectbackground option..

Thanks!

 

[Bong]

I'm not sure, but what if you use the -parent option and put the dialog in a window whose attributes you have already set with tk_setPalette?

Bob Rashkin
rrashkin@csc.com

 

[fabien]

Bong, I don't understand this can you pls give an example?

 

[Bong]

Well, after I wrote that, I did a little experiment (yes, after. I know that's the wrong order but...) and I don't know how -parent works. According to the help file for tk_chooseDirectory:

-parent window
Makes window the logical parent of the dialog. The dialog is displayed on top of its parent window.

When I tried it, the dialog still popped up it's own window. So, my idea doesn't work. Sorry.

Bob Rashkin
rrashkin@csc.com