OS X - can't change button color
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From: Bill Waddington on 9 Feb 2010 09:41 My toy sudoku solver: http://www.beezmo.com/scratch/sudoku/newsudoku.tcl works as expected on Windows and Linux machines. I just tried it under OS X in a VM with ActiveTcl 8.5.8.1 installed. It runs, but the button color of the "CHECK" button doesn't change, either when the code runs or when trying to change it manually in the wish console. I don't see any error indication, it just doesn't do anything. Any suggestions how I can chase this down? I'll keep poking at it, but I'm a complete n00b and need a clue. Thanks, Bill -- William D Waddington william.waddington(a)beezmo.com "Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch
From: Kevin Walzer on 9 Feb 2010 09:55 On 2/9/10 9:41 AM, Bill Waddington wrote: > My toy sudoku solver: > > http://www.beezmo.com/scratch/sudoku/newsudoku.tcl > > works as expected on Windows and Linux machines. I just tried it > under OS X in a VM with ActiveTcl 8.5.8.1 installed. > > It runs, but the button color of the "CHECK" button doesn't change, > either when the code runs or when trying to change it manually > in the wish console. I don't see any error indication, it just > doesn't do anything. > > Any suggestions how I can chase this down? I'll keep poking at > it, but I'm a complete n00b and need a clue. > > Thanks, > Bill On the Mac, Tk buttons use the native buttons and they are not as configurable as Tk buttons on Unix. You can change the color of text but not of the button itself. -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com
From: Will Duquette on 9 Feb 2010 10:10 On Feb 9, 6:41 am, Bill Waddington <william.wadding...(a)beezmo.com> wrote: > My toy sudoku solver: > > http://www.beezmo.com/scratch/sudoku/newsudoku.tcl > > works as expected on Windows and Linux machines. I just tried it > under OS X in a VM with ActiveTcl 8.5.8.1 installed. > > It runs, but the button color of the "CHECK" button doesn't change, > either when the code runs or when trying to change it manually > in the wish console. I don't see any error indication, it just > doesn't do anything. > > Any suggestions how I can chase this down? I'll keep poking at > it, but I'm a complete n00b and need a clue. > > Thanks, > Bill > -- > William D Waddington > william.wadding...(a)beezmo.com > "Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on > the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch Try using a standard Tk label. IIRC you can set its foreground and background even on OSX, and you can set its relief so that it looks like a button. Alternatively, use a canvas, and draw your sudoku squares on the canvas. Then, you can make them look however you like.
From: tom.rmadilo on 9 Feb 2010 11:27 On Feb 9, 7:10 am, Will Duquette <w...(a)wjduquette.com> wrote: > On Feb 9, 6:41 am, Bill Waddington <william.wadding...(a)beezmo.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > My toy sudoku solver: > > >http://www.beezmo.com/scratch/sudoku/newsudoku.tcl > > > works as expected on Windows and Linux machines. I just tried it > > under OS X in a VM with ActiveTcl 8.5.8.1 installed. > > > It runs, but the button color of the "CHECK" button doesn't change, > > either when the code runs or when trying to change it manually > > in the wish console. I don't see any error indication, it just > > doesn't do anything. > > > Any suggestions how I can chase this down? I'll keep poking at > > it, but I'm a complete n00b and need a clue. > > > Thanks, > > Bill > > -- > > William D Waddington > > william.wadding...(a)beezmo.com > > "Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on > > the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch > > Try using a standard Tk label. IIRC you can set its foreground and > background even on OSX, and you can set its relief so that it looks > like a button. > > Alternatively, use a canvas, and draw your sudoku squares on the > canvas. Then, you can make them look however you like. Another option is to create two buttons and lower/raise the active button. Or, only show the check button when something changes, after a successful check, the button could disappear.
From: Arndt Roger Schneider on 9 Feb 2010 11:53
Bill Waddington schrieb: > My toy sudoku solver: > > http://www.beezmo.com/scratch/sudoku/newsudoku.tcl > > works as expected on Windows and Linux machines. I just tried it > under OS X in a VM with ActiveTcl 8.5.8.1 installed. > > It runs, but the button color of the "CHECK" button doesn't change, > either when the code runs or when trying to change it manually > in the wish console. I don't see any error indication, it just > doesn't do anything. > > Any suggestions how I can chase this down? I'll keep poking at > it, but I'm a complete n00b and need a clue. > > Thanks, > Bill As Kevin wrote: Tk buttons are native under AQUA. You can use gstripes to hijack buttons, etc. under AQUA. Examples: http://gestaltitems.sourceforge.net/geitems/Gstripes_Controls.html#d0e2397 Gstripes does not normally hijack active controls under AQUA -- You have to force it to do so...: button .mybutton option add *mybutton.force 1 .... does it. I am using this on the general preferences page in Jeszra, were editing Jeszra features a red colored button: http://jeszra.sourceforge.net/jeszra/miscX11.html You need tkpath for using gstripes that way! The presented SVG was made with Tk 8.4 and TkPath 0.2.4 under 10.4. -roger |