Re: NSTableView, highlight color

[Fred Kiefer]

Most likely these borders get caused by the code in NSTableView 
frameOfCellAtColumn:row:. You could try and play with the values there 
and report back to us.

Fred

Marko Riedel wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> with setDrawsBackground: I do indeed get a red background. But it does not fill 
> the entire space between two grid lines of the table. I get grey margins on the 
> left and on the right, like this
>
> +------------+
> |GRRRRRRRRRRG|
> +------------+
>
> How can I turn of these margins so that the selected row has a uniform red 
> background, with items delineated by grey grid lines and no grey margins?
>
> Marko
>
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>
> --- Marko Riedel <markoriedelde@yahoo.de> schrieb am Di, 29.7.2008:
>
> > Von: Marko Riedel <markoriedelde@yahoo.de>
> > Betreff: Re: NSTableView, highlight color
> > An: discuss-gnustep@gnu.org, "Fred Kiefer" <FredKiefer@gmx.de>
> > Datum: Dienstag, 29. Juli 2008, 19:35
> > I'll try this right now.
> >
> > I don't want to change all cells, only the ones in the
> > selected row if there is one.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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> > | Marko Riedel, EDV Neue Arbeit gGmbH,
> > markoriedelde@yahoo.de |
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> >   |
> > +-------------------------------------------------------------+
> >
> >
> > --- Fred Kiefer <FredKiefer@gmx.de> schrieb am Di,
> > 29.7.2008:
> >
> > > Von: Fred Kiefer <FredKiefer@gmx.de>
> > > Betreff: Re: NSTableView, highlight color
> > > An: markoriedelde@yahoo.de, discuss-gnustep@gnu.org
> > > Datum: Dienstag, 29. Juli 2008, 19:31
> > > If you want the same colour for all cells you should
> > rather
> > > change the data cell of the column. 
> > >
> > > Your code should work, but you may also have to set
> > > setDrawsBackground: to YES.  And of course the cells
> > needs
> > > to respond to these two methods. (This works int he
> > default
> > > case)
> > >
> > > Fred
> > >
> > >
> > > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > > Datum: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:21:43 +0000 (GMT)
> > > > Von: Marko Riedel <markoriedelde@yahoo.de>
> > > > An: discuss-gnustep@gnu.org, Fred Kiefer
> > > <FredKiefer@gmx.de>
> > > > Betreff: Re: NSTableView, highlight color
> > > > Hello there,
> > > >
> > > > I tried it like this:
> > > >
> > > > - (void)tableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView
> > > >   willDisplayCell:(id)aCell
> > > >    forTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)aTableColumn
> > > >               row:(NSInteger)rowIndex
> > > > {
> > > >   NSLog(@"here");
> > > >   [aCell setBackgroundColor:[NSColor redColor]];
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Is that what you mean? I get a bunch of log
> > messages,
> > > so it is getting
> > > > called, although not nearly enough given the size
> > of
> > > the tables being
> > > > displayed. Anyhow, there is no red background to
> > be
> > > seen anywhere.
> > > > I suspect I'm missing something very basic
> > here.
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Marko
> > +-------------------------------------------------------------+
> > > > | Marko Riedel, EDV Neue Arbeit gGmbH,
> > > markoriedelde@yahoo.de |
> > > > |
> > http://www.geocities.com/markoriedelde/index.html   
> > >        |
> > +-------------------------------------------------------------+
> > > > --- Fred Kiefer <FredKiefer@gmx.de> schrieb
> > am
> > > Di, 29.7.2008:
> > > > > Von: Fred Kiefer <FredKiefer@gmx.de>
> > > > > Betreff: Re: NSTableView, highlight color
> > > > > An: markoriedelde@yahoo.de,
> > > discuss-gnustep@gnu.org
> > > > > Datum: Dienstag, 29. Juli 2008, 19:00
> > > > > Not sure, what you want to achive, but there
> > is
> > > > > setBackgroundColor: on NSTableView which
> > will set
> > > the colour
> > > > > of the actual table background. In the
> > delegate
> > > method
> > tableView:willDisplayCell:forTableColumn:row: you
> > > may set
> > > > > the cell background, the value to display is
> > only
> > > set later
> > > > > on and is determined by the data source.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > > Fred
> > > > >
> > > > > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > > > > Datum: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:17:24 +0000
> > (GMT)
> > > > > > Von: Marko Riedel
> > > <markoriedelde@yahoo.de>
> > > > > > An: DISCUSS GNUstep
> > > <discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>
> > > > > > Betreff: NSTableView, highlight color
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > setting a table's background is
> > easy,
> > > but how do I
> > > > > set it's highlight
> > > > > > color?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I tried using an attributed string in
> > > > > tableWillDisplayCell:, but to no
> > > > > > avail.