[Gambas-user] Finding the Draw event name of controls not in gb.form or gb.gu.base

[Benoit Minisini]

Le 22/12/2022 à 13:21, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> 
> I have figured out a way to modify controls by simply making a class of 
> the same name and overriding the Draw event.
> 
> For example Label.class
> I make a class called Label.class
> Then by looking at the gb.gui.base/Label.class source i can see that the 
> Draw event is called UserControl_Draw()
> So in my Label.class I can do the following example to add a gradient 
> background...
> 
> ' Gambas class file
> 
> Export
> 
> Public Sub UserControl_Draw()
> 
>    Paint.Rectangle(0, 0, Me.W, Me.h)
>    Paint.Brush = Paint.LinearGradient(0, 0, 0, Me.H, [Color.Yellow, 
> Color.Red], [0, 1])
>    Paint.Fill
>    'Paint.Restore
>    Paint.Background = Me.Foreground
> 
>    Super.UserControl_Draw
> 
> End
> 
> That overrides UserControl_Draw, does my thing, then runs the 
> Super.UserControl_Draw
> 
> Now my question is for if i want to the a similar thing to say HBox.class
> 
> I cannot find HBox.class to find the name of the Draw event to override it.
> 
> Is it possible to find the event method names of a native control?
> 
> Many thanks
> BruceS
> 

You can do that only for classes that inherit UserControl or 
UserContainer (i.e. controls made with Gambas, and not native controls 
coming from the underlying GUI toolkit).

So you can't do that for HBox. But you can create your own container 
with UserContainer and set its 'Arrangement' property to 
'Arrange.Horizontal', and you have your own HBox.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini.