[wxPython-users] ANN: wxPython 2.8.4.2

[Werner F. Bruhin]

Hi Robin and Roee,

Robin Dunn wrote:
> roee shlomo wrote:
>> Hi Robin,
>> Thanks for the new release!
>>  
>> I got reports about bad background color on OS X.
>> It seems like the background color of panels on Mac is white.
>> Here is a quote from the report:
>>
>>     The status bar is for example pale white instead of grey, the Toggle
>>     Spin has white background. And while the area of the Toolbars is
>>     grey, their wider range (beyond the actual range of the buttons left
>>     and/or right) is white again.
>>  
>> Note that this problem appeared in the 2.7 series as well, but got 
>> fixed later (I believe the first 2.8 release was good).
>> On the other side it seems like 2.8.4.2 s a bit optimized compared to 
>> 2.8.4.0  on OS X.
>> Hope you can fix it soon :-)
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> I'll need some more info about this.  What is the version of the OS X 
> system where this problem is seen?  Which version of Python?  Unicode 
> or Ansi?  Does the problem show in the demo too?
I see something similar on Windows Vista, Python 2.5, wxPython 2.8.4.2 ansi.

The demo looks fine but in my application I have a toolbar on a panel 
and the background on that looks strange around the buttons/controls.  
The theme color on Vista for the toolbar (i.e. in the demo) is blue at 
the bottom going to white on the top, but on the toolbar which is 
attached to the panel the panel color "shows through" around the 
controls on the toolbar which looks very ugly.  I worked around this by 
setting the toolbar background to the background of the panel.

I am a bit short on time, but if needed I can try and put a sample 
together over the weekend.

Werner
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