ColorFontUtil¶

Utility class for creating font and color objects, required to interact with some widget properties.

The following colors are directly variable:

BLACK, BLUE, CYAN, DARK_GRAY, GRAY, GREEN, LIGHT_BLUE, ORANGE, PINK, PURPLE, RED, WHITE, YELLOW.

Other colors can be created using these methods:

getColorFromRGB( red, green, blue )

Returns a color object for the specified red, green and blue components.

getColorFromHSB( hue, saturation, brightness )

Returns a color object based on an HSB representation.

• hue: value between 0 and 360

• saturation: value between 0 and 1

• brightness: value between 0 and 1

To create a font object use this method:

getFont( name, height, style )

Returns a font object.

• name: the name of the font

• height: font height in points

• style: One of:

  • 0 for normal

  • 1 for bold

  • 2 for italic

  • 3 for bold and italic

Example

The following scripts do the same but in different ways:

var red = ColorFontUtil.RED;
widget.setPropertyValue("background_color", red);

var red = ColorFontUtil.getColorFromRGB(255, 0, 0);
widget.setPropertyValue("background_color", red);

var red = ColorFontUtil.getColorFromHSB(0, 1, 1);
widget.setPropertyValue("background_color", red);