[Laszlo-dev] dguide: Color chapter

[Max Carlson]

Sounds good!

Lou Iorio wrote:
> The text preceding Example 20.3. Coloring text using CSS seems to 
> completely contradict what the example shows.
> 
> The text says:
> 
> OpenLaszlo enables coloring in four ways: 0x000000, #000000, rgb(0,0,0), 
> and "black". For now, the best reason to prefer to use the hex style 
> 0x000000 is that it always works, whether the color is assigned 
> explicitly within the view, or by stylesheet. Color assignment by 
> stylesheet fails by name, #hex, or rgb(). Explicit color assignment by 
> rgb() fails unless the RGB values are all numerals -- that is, 
> rgb(0,0,0) produces black, but rgb(FF,FF,FF), which should produce 
> white, comes back at compile time as an invalid color.
> 
> Coloring of text with fgcolor="foo" is enabled in the same fashions, but 
> with the same limitations.
> 
> CSS spits out an error if you use 0x000000. How about:
> 
> OpenLaszlo enables coloring in four ways: 0x000000, #000000, rgb(0,0,0), 
> and "black". Using the format 0x000000 only works for explicit 
> assignment; it does not work in CSS. Color assignment using rgb() must 
> be specified with decimal values from 0 - 255.
> 
> Coloring of text with fgcolor="foo" is enabled in the same fashions, but 
> with the same limitations.
> 
> In addition, the title of the example, "Coloring text using CSS", might 
> be better if changed to "Applying color explictly and with CSS" since it 
> shows coloring views as well as text.
> 
> If you agree (or have a better idea), I'll make the changes.
> 
> Lou

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Regards,
Max Carlson
OpenLaszlo.org