Item Text Color Disappears When Selecting the Item

Submitted by viking on 2016/11/01 16:51
Item Text Color Disappears When Selecting the Item

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True, as we've discussed not too long ago about live-search, text highlighting is not shown when item is selected
You can use a semi-transparent selector (tools > options), it helps
 
I'll contact the grid manufacturer, perhaps it will be improved in the future
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 

viking

2016/11/01 18:50

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

I tried semi-transparent. It didn't work for Green or Blue text (color still disappears)
For Red, it switched to Blue when selected..
 
Really hope the grid manufacturer can fix this.

Pierre_Admin

2016/11/01 21:33

In reply to by viking

Me too. Just out of curiosity, why is this important ? Are you referring to ItemColor (field of that name) or embedded colors (through HTML <fgcolor> or <bgcolor>  codes) ?
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 

viking

2016/11/02 03:33

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

[quote=Pierre_Admin]
Me too. Just out of curiosity, why is this important ? Are you referring to ItemColor (field of that name) or embedded colors (through HTML <fgcolor> or <bgcolor>  codes) ?
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 
[/quote]
I am actually a bit confused about the different text colors names...
 
In Ecco I am using rules to color the text (and/or background) depending on task type, urgency etc. With a glance I would know what action I need to take depending on it's colors.
 
In IQ, I would use Conditional Formatting (however, that doesn't work at the moment due the another reported bug where the formatting ignores the text if it starts with a Capital letter). I think that I would need to use ItemForecolor to color the text? What is the difference vs. ItemColor?
 
In any case, if an item happens to be selected, I would not see its colors and not know the item status/action etc.
 
 

Pierre_Admin

2016/11/02 08:20

In reply to by viking

[quote=viking]
I think that I would need to use ItemForecolor to color the text? What is the difference vs. ItemColor?
[/quote]
As for what fields do what, check out the Properties pane when you make a change, it should be obvious !
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 

Pierre_Admin

2016/11/02 08:18

In reply to by viking

[quote=viking]
I tried semi-transparent. It didn't work for Green or Blue text (color still disappears)
For Red, it switched to Blue when selected..
[/quote]
Humm... It works here. Show me your setup or reproduce it in the sample file and send it over.
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 

Armando

2016/11/02 11:22

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

[quote=Pierre_Admin]
[quote=viking]
I tried semi-transparent. It didn't work for Green or Blue text (color still disappears)
For Red, it switched to Blue when selected..
[/quote]
Humm... It works here. Show me your setup or reproduce it in the sample file and send it over.
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 
[/quote]
 
Don't know if this should be another thread, but some colors disappear : HTML defined colors with in text fgcolor or bgcolor tags, for instance.
(I think I mentioned it before)
 
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Pierre_Admin

2016/11/02 11:26

In reply to by Armando

[quote=Armando]
 
Don't know if this should be another thread, but some colors disappear : HTML defined colors with in text fgcolor or bgcolor tags, for instance.
[/quote]
Yes, but viking is referring to item color (not embedded color codes)
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 

Armando

2016/11/02 11:55

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

[quote=Pierre_Admin]
[quote=Armando]
 
Don't know if this should be another thread, but some colors disappear : HTML defined colors with in text fgcolor or bgcolor tags, for instance.
[/quote]
Yes, but viking is referring to item color (not embedded color codes)
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 
[/quote]
 
For "item colors" I don't think I'm experiencing any problems. Of course, grey + another color will be a mix of both colors... But that's expected.
 
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IQ geek
Windows 8.1
CPU: Intel i5 2.6ghz

viking

2016/11/02 16:07

In reply to by Armando

Sorry for the confusion.
 
For my main purpose, I was referring to ForeColor (or whatever it is called - I need to read up on names and color codes). However, when I was testing, I simply set the color manually. I guess that was HTML colors. I tried with ForeColor=16711680 for Conditional Formatting and then I could select the item (with Semi-Transparency) w/o loosing the color .
 
p.s. I will post separately regarding color codes. The help file states that we should use color codes like &HAAAAF (HEX), but a numerical value works fine for the Conditional Formatting. Furthermore, the codes on the Web are of the format #FF0000, not &HAAAAF....

Pierre_Admin

2016/11/02 16:31

In reply to by viking

[quote=viking]
Sorry for the confusion.
 
For my main purpose, I was referring to ForeColor
[/quote]
Still not clear...
Was it ?
  1. embedded colors (<fgcolor>xyz</fgcolor> embedded in the text)
  2. color commands text fore color / item back color, which fills in a corresponding field (see the Properties pane)
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In InfoQube grids, formatting is structured as a hierarchy. In increasing order of precedence, these are:

  1. Overall default grid font
  2. Grid specific font
  3. Item format: Applies to the whole item or to specific column(s)
  4. Outline styles
  5. Embedded format: Applies to text selections inside cells
  6. Conditional format for individual cells
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Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 

viking

2016/11/03 00:32

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

[quote=Pierre_Admin]
[quote=viking]
Sorry for the confusion.
 
For my main purpose, I was referring to ForeColor
[/quote]
Still not clear...
Was it ?
  1. embedded colors (<fgcolor>xyz</fgcolor> embedded in the text)
  2. color commands text fore color / item back color, which fills in a corresponding field (see the Properties pane)
---------

In InfoQube grids, formatting is structured as a hierarchy. In increasing order of precedence, these are:

  1. Overall default grid font
  2. Grid specific font
  3. Item format: Applies to the whole item or to specific column(s)
  4. Outline styles
  5. Embedded format: Applies to text selections inside cells
  6. Conditional format for individual cells
-----------
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 
[/quote]
 
1. If I set the color manually using the Formatting toolbar (I assume that is embedded colors?), the colors disappears when selecting the item.
 
2. If I use Conditional Formatting with ForeColor=16711680,  then I could select the item (with Semi-Transparency) w/o loosing the color.
Note that ForeColor does not show as a field in the Properties pane in this case.
 

Pierre_Admin

2016/11/03 09:32

In reply to by viking

[quote=viking]
1. If I set the color manually using the Formatting toolbar (I assume that is embedded colors?), the colors disappears when selecting the item.
[/quote]
I'm sorry viking, but if you don't read the documentation, don't provide screen shots or answer the questions when asked, and / or don't provide the exact steps to reproduce it, I cannot help you. 
Perhaps others can, but my patience has limits.
 
I often offer new users a free 30 minute live phone call to get them going on using IQ. You're welcome to use this offer. It would save us (you and me) a lot of time reading and writing posts on this forum !
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer