Re: FVWM: Hilight active menu fg w/out active menu bg?

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:53:28 +0200

On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 06:27:04PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 19 Oct 2002 15:06:20 +1000, Scott Smedley wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to highlight the active fg menu item without having to
> > highlight the bg of the active menu item?
> >
> > This highlights the fg in AntiqueWhite (which is what I want) & the
> > background in a horrible green:
> >
> > ImagePath $HOME/images/icons
> > MenuStyle * MenuFace DGradient 255 2 darkgray 50 MidnightBlue 50 white
> > MenuStyle * SidePic happy.xpm
> > MenuStyle * ActiveFore AntiqueWhite
> > MenuStyle * HilightBack green
> >
> > If I comment out the HilightBack line, then there is no bg (obviously)
> > but also no AntiqueWhite on the active menu item ...
> >
> > What I really want is the AntiqueWhite fg & my menuface gradient to
> > still be visible in the bg.
>
> You can't do this. The only current possibility is to have a solid
> active background if it is different from the main background.

I have fixed this. With the latest code from CVS it should work
fine. When using an ActiveColorset, you have to specifiy

  MenuStyle * HilightBackOff, ActiveFore, ActiveColorset <n>

> What you really want is to have a transparent ActiveColorset, but it
> is not currently implemented.
>
> Hopefully someone (Olivier) will enhance the menu ActiveColorset to be
> fully functional, including Pixmap and Transparent options.

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^

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