Forms color don't change
lazarus / 1-Linux

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VosaxAlo · 2006-10-21 12:33

Hi to all,

I use a Linux Ubuntu Dapper distro, and I have installed Lazarus with
the DEB packages downloaded from sourceforge.net.
All is gone very well.

In my first project, I have tried to change the background color of my
Form, but it don't change. For example I have changed the Color
property from the default clBtnFace to clNavy, but the Form Color
remain grey.

I have tried the Windows version of Lazarus, and in this case the Form
Color change correctly.

It's a bug in the Linux version? How can I change the Form Color in
another way?

thank's

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felipemdc · 2006-10-21 15:26

Yes, this is a known missing feature. You can check it's status here:

http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=1006

You can work around this easely. Just set an OnPaint event handler for
your form, and add painting code to it:
var
  ARect: TRect;
begin
  Canvas.Brush.Color := clBrown;
  ARect := Bounds(0, 0, Height, Width);
  Canvas.FillRect(ARect);

Notice that I didn't test the code above so it may need some changes.