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Bug 266918

Summary:	Need to be able to set the background color of the drawers per product to satisfy different UI's
Product:	[Tools] GEF	Reporter:	Janet Mockler <jmockler>
Component:	Misc	Assignee:	gef-inbox <gef-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT_ECLIPSE	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	ahunter.eclipse, bandreas, nyssen
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Janet Mockler

2009-03-03 14:55:08 EST

Build ID: 1.1.0v20080507-1326

Steps To Reproduce:
1. Open Rational Requirement Composer RCP
2. Create a Sketch Editor
3. Make sure the palette is open
4. Make sure a drawer is open (note the background color of the drawer)


More information:
We are currently reusing the GEF palette as is.. but in the product context, the drawers are much too stark. We need to be able to adjust the background tone of the drawers in order to reduce visual noise in the general user interface whenever a palette is present.

Comment 1 Anthony Hunter

2009-03-03 15:04:38 EST

Note that you are raising a Bugzilla at Eclipse.org and we do not understand what a "Rational Requirement Composer RCP" is :-).

The background color of the drawers should match the background color of your editors. The default is white on Windows XP. Not sure I understand how the background can be dark, are you saying the background of your editors is also dark?

What is your background color in your views, like project explorer?

Comment 2 Janet Mockler

2009-03-03 15:14:38 EST

We want to be able to change the background color of the drawers, to accomodate different styles of User Interface in an RCP.

I'm not suggesting that the default color be changed from what it currently is, just that when the palette is reused on other products, that there be an easy way to change the background color on the drawer.

Comment 3 Janet Mockler

2009-03-03 15:20:44 EST

The background of our editor is white.. but we want to use a darker tone in the drawer to reduce noise in this particular RCP. And being able to set the background color on the drawer would allow us to do that.

Comment 4 Alexander Nyßen

2015-09-18 11:28:08 EDT

I am resolving this as NOT_ECLIPSE. Please re-open it and provide details about where the GEF API is not sufficient for your use case, if this is still an issue.