Hi Ivaylo,

Thank you for the code sample. It works properly, when compiled with our dlls version 15, the font during editing is red, and when edit box looses focus it is reset to black.

In my problem, the edit box is part of Navigation panel, which Windows 7 places at the top of the window, and, unfortunately when with Aero theme, the backgroud is this bluish color glassy one. From what I have read so far, this is the problem without any good solution yet. When I changed theme, there was no problem with font color. So this is localized to Aero theme.

I considered moving the two controls from this navigation panel to some other location in the window, and then this problem was not occurring, when beneath the control was no this glassy-bluish background. However, I haven't tried to move all controls from navigational panel yet, and I am not sure, it is possible for these standard buttons "back" and 'fprward." This is though "hackish" solution and overall fix may look worse than this blue-colored font.

Meanwhile, I was informed, that our product is being upgraded to v17.1 and our team would have access to it from August. I guess this new version may have controls, that possibly would solve the problem better. So, I think, I will have the issue till then on hold.

Additionally, this may be helpful for others reading this thread:

– Tried to set "UseOsThemes" to False, but no luck with the font issue.

– Tried ControlAdded event handler, I set the control in arguments with ForeColor and BackColor, but this did not help. I will look for some other properties, but i haven't seen alpha blending options, alpha disabling or similar. I don't exactly know, how Aero theme does this font color problem. 

Thank you for all your help so far!

Best regards,

Marcin

A quick note to the problem. I noticed, that the font color is connected to color of window theme underneath. So this is probably just an issue of transparency and possibly blending too.

Hi Ivaylo, 

Thank you for your message!

I tried adding these two methods, and checked in the debugger, if they are called, but it does not help. The font stays blue, when control is in edit mode.

From the linked thread in the forum, in the first post, Matt Snyder mentioned, that when in edit mode, UltrTextEditor uses .NET textBox. There are properties in .NET like SelectionColor, SelectionBackColor, however, they are not accessible in UltrTextEditor class, as I understand. Or, maybe there is a way of setting these properties before entering edit mode?

thank you,

Marcin