View.Colors.Face

[jeffp]

I see in 2.5 the View.Colors.Face property behave differently. In particular, the area behind the document tabs just below the main toolbars and the area behind the Page, Bookmark, etc., tabs stay a dark gray despite what color is set in View.Colors.Face. Before, these areas took on the colors of the lower part of the toolbar region. Is there a way to go back to how it used to be before 2.5? I'm setting the Face color to a very light blue which comes though nicely on the toolbars, but then there appears a big dark gray space behind the document tabs which doesn't look real good in a blue theme.

I also noticed that if I set View.Colors.Face to a darker color, the color seems to come through in the AppWorkSpace area. Which is weird because there is a separate call for this, that is View.Colors.AppWorkspace.

Lastly, when I tried View.Colors.Window it colored the PagesBack areas. Again, in the help there is a View.Colors.PagesBack call for this.

I just wondering if these View.Colors got inadvertantly messed up a bit in the first cut of 2.5.

See that attached file for screens shots showing what I mean.

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi, jeffp.

In the new build (upcoming) you will be able to switch off the top/bottom shadows on the main dark-gray background:
ctrl.SetProperty("View.ShowAppWorkspaceShadow", "false", 0);
and optionally change the main background style:
ctrl.SetProperty("View.AppWorkspaceStyle", textureIndex, 0); // 0 - solid, 1 - 9 - textured
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In the current build you may change color of main background (dark-gray by default) by:
ctrl.SetProperty("View.Colors.AppWorkspace", <RGB_Color>, 0);
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Note: the old property "View.Colors.PagesBack" is obsolete in the new version (>= build 188), the current release uses one background in non-document- and document- areas.

Best
Regards.

[jeffp]

So are you saying that the area behind the document tabs is actually part of the AppWorkSpace? Again, I'm not concerned about the AppWorkspace color behind the PDF page that is being displayed. I just want the dark gray color removed from behind the document tabs that appear just below the main toolbars.

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi, jeffp.

In the new build (upcoming) you will be able to use the new property to switch on/off the tab bar background transparency:

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ctrl.SetProperty("View.TransparentTabBar", "false", 0);

Best
Regards.

[jeffp]

Will this also affect the Pages, Bookmarks, etc, tab area as well on the left hand panel?

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi, jeffp.

Will this also affect the Pages, Bookmarks, etc, tab area as well on the left hand panel?

No, for main Tab-Bar background only..

[jeffp]

Will there be anything to control/remove the dark gray color behind the Pages, Bookmarks, tabs?

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi, jeffp.

You may try change the main background color to more light color:

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ctrl.SetProperty("View.Colors.AppWorkspace", RGB(192,192,192), 0); // -2 value means "Auto", based on the current "Face" color

Sorry, but no more methods to change background color behind the Pages, Bookmarks, tabs..
Wait for V3 to more control on the UI.

HTH.

[jeffp]

Ok. This should be ok for now.

Also, were View.TransparentTabBar and View.ShowAppWorkspaceShadow supposed to work in build 189 or were you referring to the build after that.

I've got 189 and they don't seem to do anything is that build.

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi jeff,

do you need anything more done in this thread?

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi, jeff.

The View.TransparentTabBar and View.ShowAppWorkspaceShadow properties should be working correctly in 189 build. Please let me known if not and give me example code in this case...

Best
Regards.

[jeffp]

My bad. I had ShowAppWorkspaceShadow spelled wrong. It all seems to work fine now. Sorry for the bother.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]