Label background color?

[rfresh]

Is there a Label background color property? I didn't see one in the Designer.

Thanks...

 

[walterf25]

label background color

Is there a Label background color property? I didn't see one in the Designer.

Thanks...

yes it is,

label1.color = colors.transparent   'if you want the label to be transparent.
label1.textcolor = colors.blue   'color of text

cheers,
Walter

 

[NJDude]

I didn't see one in the Designer.

Look at the attached Designer screenshot.

 

[rfresh]

Hmmm...I'm doing the following and I don't see any changes in the colors of this Label

lbl_website.Color = Colors.Cyan
lbl_website.TextColor = Colors.Red

I also tried setting it in the Designer but it didn't take there either. When I ran my app the Label was still White text on a Black background.

 

[rfresh]

I see. I had to pull the Alpha off of 0 to see the BG color.

Thank you...

 

[rfresh]

BTW I wasn't able to set the BG color of a label in code because I couldn't set the .Alpha color.

lbl_setup_Title.Color = Colors.Cyan
lbl_setup_Title.TextColor = Colors.Red
lbl_setup_Title.Alpha = 114

...third line did not compile...

 

[NJDude]

You cannot set the Alpha like that, that member doesn't exist, you have to do this:

lbl_setup_Title.Color = Colors.ARGB(114, 0, 0, 0)

For more information read THIS

 

[rfresh]

Gosh, I would have never figured out that syntax.

lbl_setup_Title.TextColor = Colors.Red
lbl_setup_Title.Color = Colors.ARGB(120, 255, 255, 0)

So I'm trying for a Yellow background with Red text via the above code. Unfortunately, it doesn't work as the colors don't change. So I guess I'm still doing something wrong?

 

[rfresh]

The Yellow BG with Red text is now working!

Thanks for your help!