Interface TextControl::setPlaceholderColor

Description

In BBj 17.0 and higher, this method sets the color of the placeholder text to be shown when the text control is empty.

Syntax

Return Value Method
void setPlaceholderColor(BBjColor color!)

Parameters

Parameter Description
color! This is the color of the placeholder text to be shown when the text control is empty. Passing a value of null() resets the placeholder color to the initial default.

Return Value

None

Remarks

The default placeholder color is light gray.

Example

rem ' placeholder.txt

sysgui = unt
open (sysgui)"X0"

rem 'print (sysgui)'scale'(2,2)
sysgui! = bbjapi().getSysGui()

rem ' BBjWindow
window! = sysgui!.addWindow(25,25,500,525,"Placeholder",$00090003$,$$)
window!.setCallback(window!.ON_CLOSE,"eoj")

rem ' Spinner List
list! = bbjapi().makeVector()
list$ = ""
restore countries
while 1
    dread item$,end=*break
    list!.add(item$)
    list$ = list$ + item$ + $0a$
wend

rem ' BBjInputE
control! = window!.addInputE(101,10,10,125,25,$0000$,255," ",0,"","")
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjInputE")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjInputE")
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()

rem ' BBjInputESpinner
control! = window!.addInputESpinner(102,145,10,145,25,list!)
control!.setText("")
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjInputESpinner")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjInputESpinner")
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()

rem ' BBjInputN
mask$="-###,###,###"
control! = window!.addInputN(103,10,40,125,25,$0000$,mask$,$00$,0,0)
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjInputN")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjInputN mask="+mask$)
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()

rem ' BBjInputNSpinner
mask$="-###,###,###"
control! = window!.addInputNSpinner(104,145,40,145,25,$0000$,mask$,$00$,0,0)
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjInputNSpinner")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjInputNSpinner mask="+mask$)
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()

rem ' BBjInputD
control! = window!.addInputD(105,10,70,125,25,$0000$,"",$00$,0,0)
control!.setText("")
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjInputD")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjInputD locale="+stbl("!LOCALE")+" mask="+control!.getMask())
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()

rem ' BBjInputDSpinner
control! = window!.addInputDSpinner(106,145,70,145,25,$0000$,"",$00$,0,0)
control!.setText("")
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjInputDSpinner")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjInputDSpinner locale="+stbl("!LOCALE")+" mask="+control!.getMask())
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()

rem ' BBjEditBox
control! = window!.addEditBox(107,10,100,125,25,"",$0000$)
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjEditBox")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjEditBox")
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()

rem ' BBjEditBoxSpinner
control! = window!.addEditBoxSpinner(108,145,100,145,25,list!)
control!.setText("")
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjEditBoxSpinner")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjEditBoxSpinner")
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()

rem ' BBjEditBox (Password)
control! = window!.addEditBox(109,10,130,125,25,"",$0400$)
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjEditBox (Password)")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjEditBox (Password)")
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()

rem ' BBjListEdit
control! = window!.addListEdit(110,145,130,145,145,list$)
control!.setFieldHeight(25)
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjListEdit")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjListEdit")
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()

rem ' BBjCEdit
control! = window!.addCEdit(111,10,160,280,50,$$,$0104$)
control!.setPlaceholder("BBjCEdit")
control!.setToolTipText("BBjCEdit")
print control!.getPlaceholder()," ",control!.getPlaceholderColor()
color! = control!.getPlaceholderColor()
chooser! = window!.addColorChooser(199,10,220,455,295,color!)
chooser!.setCallback(chooser!.ON_COLORCHOOSER_CHANGE,"change")
chooser!.setCallback(chooser!.ON_COLORCHOOSER_APPROVE,"approve")
chooser!.setCallback(chooser!.ON_COLORCHOOSER_CANCEL,"cancel")
random! = window!.addButton(1,10,490,125,25,"Random colors",$$)
random!.setCallback(random!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"random")
reset! = window!.addButton(2,145,490,125,25,"Reset to defaults",$$)
reset!.setCallback(reset!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"reset")

process_events

eoj:
release

change:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    event$ = event!.getEventName()
    print event$,": ",event!.getColor()
return

approve:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    event$ = event!.getEventName()
    print event$,": ",event!.getColor()
    for id = 101 to 111
        control! = window!.getControl(id)
        control!.setPlaceholderColor(event!.getColor())
    next id
return

cancel:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    event$ = event!.getEventName()
    print event$
return

random:
    for id = 101 to 111
        control! = window!.getControl(id)
        color! = bbjapi().makeColor(rnd(255),rnd(255),rnd(255))
        control!.setPlaceholderColor(color!)
    next id
return

reset:
    for id = 101 to 111
        control! = window!.getControl(id)
        control!.setPlaceholderColor(null())
    next id
return

countries:
    data "Germany"
    data "United States"
end

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui

BBjControl

Interface TextControl

See the BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBj Objects.