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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!lsl!stevewi
  2. From: stevewi@lsl.co.uk
  3. Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
  4. Subject: Re: Colors in Scrolled List
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug14.123305.2293@lsl.co.uk>
  6. Date: 14 Aug 92 11:33:04 GMT
  7. References: <9092@travis.csd.harris.com>
  8. Organization: Laser-Scan Ltd., Cambridge
  9. Lines: 36
  10.  
  11. In article <9092@travis.csd.harris.com>, jimb@rcx1.csd.harris.com (Jim Burmeister) writes:
  12. > I have a program which uses XmCreateScrolledList to create a scrollable list.
  13. > What I want to do is have the list have a different background color than
  14. > the associated scrollbar.  For example, I want the scroll bar to use the 
  15. > standard "Motif blue" color scheme, while the background of the list itself
  16. > is white.
  17. > 
  18. > If possible, I would like to do this with resources only.  I have tried
  19. > numerous combinations of resources, but whenever I change the background
  20. > color of the List, the scrollbar changes too.  I would rather not hack into
  21. > the actual code of the program, since I didn't write it, but I could if
  22. > necessary.
  23. > 
  24. > Thanks...Jim
  25. > jimb@csd.harris.com
  26.  
  27. I too am having this problem, so I thought I'd repost, just in case
  28. someone has found a solution since then and now.
  29.  
  30. Personally I think it's yet another Motif buglet...
  31.  
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