Set colour for TStaticText with themes.

[Ian Branch 127]

Hi Team,

I have used a TStaticText but the Font|Colour property doesn't do anything. 😞

Is there a fix for this??

If not, why is the property there??

 

Ian

[dwrbudr 8]

Do you mean OS themes or VCL styles?

[Ian Branch 127]

VCL Styles.

[PeterBelow 238]

6 hours ago, Ian Branch said:

Hi Team,

I have used a TStaticText but the Font|Colour property doesn't do anything. 😞

Is there a fix for this??

If not, why is the property there??

 

Ian

Deselect seFont in the StyleElements property.

[Ian Branch 127]

Hi Peter,

It wasn't set.  The color doesn't show at design time either. 😞

Ian

[Clément 148]

Do you have Transparent property set to true? if it is change it to false

Edited October 21, 2022 by Clément

[Ian Branch 127]

It was on.  I turned it off and the font color shows at design time but not at run time.

[Ian Branch 127]

I created a new form with nothing but a TStaticText on it.

I set the VCL Style to Windows 11 Polar Light. 

With StyleElements seFont & seClient off, and transparent off, I get the green text but at run time the text background is the standard windows background.

If I turn Transparent on the color disappears at design & run time.

If I turn seClient on, the color stays at design time but disappears at run time.

If I leave seClient off and turn seFont on, the color stays at design and run time but I get the standard windows background.

I changed to one of the standard VCL Styles and get the same results. 😞

Perhaps a bug with TStaticText and VCL Styles??

Oh well.  Back to TLabel and flickering... 😞

 

[FPiette 383]

Look at this report : https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-33766

This is probably a similar issue. You should create a new report with the issue you see.