[Laszlo-dev] [Platform-team] lz.colors question

[J Crowley]

Ahh, thanks.  So the guide description will need to be changed, then, as 
well.  I'll file a bug.

Max Carlson wrote:
> You should be able to just set it to bgcolor="lz.colors.iceblue4" - 
> constraints shouldn't be required.  Also note that colors aren't in 
> global[] anymore - use lz.colors[''] instead.
>
> J Crowley wrote:
>> So, I'm working on fixing one of the color dguide examples.  The 
>> description on the doc page (docs/developers/color.html) reads:
>>
>> -----
>>
>> To specify any color but the 16 which are usable by name, use 
>> 0xFFFFFF hex codes. Alternatively, the non-standard colors named in 
>> |lps/components/base/colors.lzx| were added to OpenLaszlo's global 
>> namespace. Those colors can also be employed by name, but note the 
>> ${constraint} syntax around the bgcolor specification. There are two 
>> ways to make the constraint: |bgcolor="${global['iceblue1']}"| is the 
>> same as |bgcolor="${iceblue1}"|.
>>
>> -----
>>
>> The example this describes is:
>>
>> -----
>>
>> <canvas debug="true">
>> <simplelayout axis="x" spacing="10"/>
>>
>> <class name="box1" width="100" height="100" 
>> bgcolor="${global['gold4']}" />
>>
>> <class name="box2" width="100" height="100" bgcolor="${iceblue1}" />
>>
>> <box1 id="sun">
>>    <text text="Sun"/>
>> </box1>
>>
>> <box2 id="mystic">
>>    <text fgcolor="0xFFFFFF" text="Mystic"/>
>> </box2>
>>   </canvas>
>>
>> -----
>>
>> Thing is, the only way to get the example to work is to change 
>> bgcolor="${iceblue1}" to bgcolor="${lz.colors.iceblue1}", and trying 
>> to use the global['gold4'] syntax doesn't actually work.  So my 
>> question is:  Is the description in the documentation wrong?  Because 
>> doing it the way the description states results in a Debugger error.  
>> (Keep in mind I'm using the docs on openlaszlo.org, since I can't 
>> build locally, so if the description has already been changed, let me 
>> know and I won't file the bug, but I do need to fix the example.  
>> What I need to know then is, what is the new way of doing this?)
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Josh
>>
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