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Disabled Button Controls

When you change the BackColor of a Form (also happens on a UserControl), a Button control with its Enabled property set to False loses part of its Disabled look. The text appears inabout the same color as another button that is enabled. I don't know if this holds true for all colors, but it does for all the ones I tried.

Any thoughts on how I can prevent this? (other than don't change the BackColor of the form.)

Tony

tkerns Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:10 PM

Yes, I see this too. I see some convoluted code in ButtonBaseAdapter.ColorCode.Calculate() that tries to calculate a color that contrasts with the container color. That's a bit silly, it probably ought to work with the BackColor of the button itself. Although the active Visual Style might have transparencies. Anyhoo, if you pick a darkish BackColor for your container, you'll end up with something darker still: Black. Only if the BackColor has a brightness >= 0.5 will you get a grayish text color.

I don't see a good workaround for this, nothing you can easily override. Other than changing the button style. You might want to report this at Product Feedback.

nobugz Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:21 PM

Thanks for the response. I'll look for a workaround.

Tony

tkerns Friday, July 13, 2007 3:53 PM

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