CustomDrawn: runtime look differs from designtime

[avra]

I have TCDButton default rendering looking good in form designer, and I would like to see it looking the same in runtime. However runtime differs significantly, so I wonder what am I doing wrong?

Looks like big button keeps dsWindows7 DrawStyle, but small buttons bug and ignore dsDefault or dsCommon DrawStyles. How can I keep small buttons design time look in runtime?

I have tested on 32 bit Lazarus 2.0 fixes and FPC 3.2 fixes downloaded with fpcupdeluxe running on both WinXPx32 SP3 and current Win10x64 and problem is the same. Test project attached.

[Peter H]

I quickly tried your project and I use an undocked IDE currently on Win7 32 bit.
Lazarus 2.02 FPC 3.0.4
In this environment buttons look the same at run time and at designtime.
I tried some different drawstyles.
But at designtime buttons dont look black as in your picture at designtime.

To get this flat 2D look, choose dsWinCE.

[avra]

I quickly tried your project and I use an undocked IDE currently on Win7 32 bit.
Lazarus 2.02 FPC 3.0.4

Thanks!

In this environment buttons look the same at run time and at designtime.
I tried some different drawstyles.
But at designtime buttons dont look black as in your picture at designtime.

This made me test with Laz 2.0RC2 FPC 3.2 fixes and I can confirm that buttons don't look dark at design time, and I can not find any DesignStyle where that dark look shows. In my original example dark look showed not with one but with several styles (dsDefault, dsCommon, dsMacOSX...). Strange.

[avra]

To get this flat 2D look, choose dsWinCE.

I have tried to use dsWinCE to mimic dark buttons from first picture, setting buttons color to gray and font color to white, but they do not look the same. First picture dark buttons have small 3D effect, while last picture dark buttons are complettely flat and have only black bounding box rendered.

[dogriz]

Tested on Debian Xfce + FPC 3.0.4/Lazarus 2.0.2 and it behaves the same as on your windows.

[avra]

Tested on Debian Xfce + FPC 3.0.4/Lazarus 2.0.2 and it behaves the same as on your windows.

Thanks for testing. Are you saying that in design mode you see dark buttons but in runtime they are not dark?

[dogriz]

Thanks for testing. Are you saying that in design mode you see dark buttons but in runtime they are not dark?

Yes, exactly the same.

[wp]

First that I am testing these components. It looks that the units of the drawers needed have to be added to the uses clause. In the Lazarus LCL folder I see only CustomDrawn_Common, CustomDrawn_Mac, CustomDrawn_WinXP, CustomDrawn_Android, no Win2000, no Win7, no KDEPastique, no GNOME. And the existing ones are far from being complete, they usually implement only drawing of the buttons. What am I missing? Is there a demo project somewhere?

[lainz]

The dark ones I think comes from an old installation of BGRAControls, where I override the default theme to make a dark theme.

You need to add the unit bgracustomdrawn in order to apply that dark theme.

[lainz]

First that I am testing these components. It looks that the units of the drawers needed have to be added to the uses clause. In the Lazarus LCL folder I see only CustomDrawn_Common, CustomDrawn_Mac, CustomDrawn_WinXP, CustomDrawn_Android, no Win2000, no Win7, no KDEPastique, no GNOME. And the existing ones are far from being complete, they usually implement only drawing of the buttons. What am I missing? Is there a demo project somewhere?

BGRAControls comes with Windows theming unit for custom drawn.

[dogriz]

When I add bgracustomdrawn unit, buttons are dark at runtime, but code:

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CDButton3.Color := clRed; doesn't work any more. Why?

[lainz]

When I add bgracustomdrawn unit, buttons are dark at runtime, but code:

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CDButton3.Color := clRed; doesn't work any more. Why?

You're using a custom theme, that in this case doesn't support color variables, all is hardcoded in theme. If you want to support color, edit the bgratheme and read the color variables inside the drawing routines.