Is there some way to force the dotNet button to change the text color to gray when it’s enabled=false, as is done in 3ds max’s native button?
When I try to change the text of a button that becomes disabled, the text color doesn’t change and still remains black, as if the button is still active.
For the button I used the EnabledChanged event with the following code:
dotnetcontrol dnButton "System.Windows.Forms.Button"
---
on dnButton EnabledChanged e do (
if dnButton.enabled then (
setProperty dnButton "ForeColor" dotNetBlackColor
)
else(
setProperty dnButton "ForeColor" dotNetGrayColor
)
)
But that doesn’t work, just like the normal color assignment dnButton.ForeColor=dotNetGrayColor
Thanks for any help.
Which max version? Both 2014 & 2020 work exactly the same for me
code
try (destroydialog X ) catch ()
rollout X "2014 max" (
button tgl "toggle"
dotnetcontrol dnButton "System.Windows.Forms.Button" text:"OPEN" height:30
local state = true
fn Toggle =
(
state = not state
dnButton.enabled = state
-- dnButton.enabled = not dnButton.enabled <== this one doesn't work for some reason
)
on tgl pressed do Toggle()
on x open do
(
dnButton.ForeColor = dnButton.ForeColor.red
)
)
createDialog X pos:[100,100]No, you did not understand. Switching button.enabled to true or false works as it should. But changing color does not work if it is different from the one that was assigned to this button by default, e.g. black.
Try giving the disabled button a different text color, such as blue, and you’ll see that the text color becomes black instead of blue.
Try this code and you will understand what I mean:
try (destroydialog X ) catch ()
rollout X "2014 max" (
button tgl "toggle"
dotnetcontrol dnButton "System.Windows.Forms.Button" text:"OPEN" height:30
local state = true
fn Toggle =
(
state = not state
dnButton.enabled = state
-- Сhange the text color if the enable state of the button is false
if NOT dnButton.enabled do dnButton.ForeColor = dnButton.ForeColor.Blue
)
on tgl pressed do Toggle()
on x open do
(
dnButton.ForeColor = dnButton.ForeColor.red
)
)
createDialog X pos:[100,100]
As a result, I want the color of the text on the disabled button to be gray instead of black.
I don’t remember if it is possible to override onPaint event in maxscript
Here’s what I’m about
see this thread
you simply can’t
and is not that sergio did not understand, he is trying to see if you can implement a solution.
btw it’s highly unlike you can do it easily as you were hoping.
Ok, I’ll read this.
I just thought there was some easier and direct way to do it.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I read it, but I don’t quite understand how to implement it in maxscript.
had to google it
you can fake it this way
try (destroydialog X ) catch ()
rollout X "2014 max" (
button tgl "toggle"
dotnetcontrol dnButton "System.Windows.Forms.Button" text:"OPEN" height:30
local state = true
fn yourWorkingFn = (
(if state == true then messagebox "this works only if the state is enabled" else print "disabled" )
)
fn Toggle =
(
if state == true then (state = false
dnButton.ForeColor = dnButton.ForeColor.blue)
else
(state = true
dnButton.ForeColor = dnButton.ForeColor.red
)
print state
)
on tgl pressed do Toggle()
on dnButton Click e do yourWorkingFn()
on x open do
(
dnButton.ForeColor = dnButton.ForeColor.red
)
)
createDialog X
or you can disable it at mousehover so it will become gray only when you try to click it and stays blue for the rest of the time
Thank you Serejah and conradbenzin!
I added a Paint event to the button and now it works:
on dnButton Paint sender arg do (
local buttonText="OPEN"
if state then (
textColor=(dotnetclass "System.Drawing.Color").Blue
)
else (
textColor=(dotnetclass "System.Drawing.SystemColors").ControlDark
)
local dnTR = (dotnetclass "TextRenderer")
local dnTF=(dotnetclass "System.Windows.Forms.TextFormatFlags")
local dnFlags = dotnet.combineEnums dnTF.HorizontalCenter dnTF.VerticalCenter
sender.Text=""
dnTR.DrawText arg.Graphics buttonText sender.font arg.ClipRectangle textColor dnFlags
)
The only oddity is that when I specify butText=sender.Text, an empty string is repaint, so I had to specify butText=”OPEN” directly in the variable.