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Article #2641Re: Fonts with opaque backgrounds
From: John P. McGrath
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:00
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On 25 Aug 2000 08:44:25 +0200, Tor Iver Wilhelmsen wrote: > "Hilton Evans" <hfevans@SPAMNOT.ici.net> writes: > > > No. I want a string's white background to paint over the existing > > background. WinAPI has a setbkmode to do this. > > Strings don't have backgrounds. You will either need to use a > (J)Label, or set white color and call fillrect after computing the > size based on fontmetrics. > It should be fairly easy to create a Component to do this. But it has been rather long since I have done non-Swing UI work, so I do not think I can accurately come up with the details. -- Regards, John McGrath
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