setting the background color for a row that's already been inserted into TableView widget?

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#1

I used row:setRowColor() and it works perfectly for most situations. But for some reason it doesn’t work when I try using in event phases “tap” and “release”. So I’m trying alternatives.

I saw someone use event.background:setFillColor(), but it was an old post and I’m getting event.background = nil… so I guess it’s no longer viable.

Any other way I can achieve row changing colour?

#2

I just tried row._rowColor = {default = color, over = color}, but just like with row:setRowColor() it failed when I tried using it for  tableView widget’s “tap” and “release” phase for touchEvent…

 

I guess my real problem is: why doesn’t the coloring function work in those 2 phases?! For “press” it works perfectly

#3

Normally in onRowRender I will create my own background display.newRect. When the row renders, you draw whatever background color your code thinks it needs. You can add the background as a child to the row object, i.e. row.background and then you can easily access it from onRowTouch

Rob

#4

It worked really well, thanks Rob! Some minor issues with it blocking some objects unexpectedly and toFront() on the blocked object not fixing it… but that’s a different story.

#5

I used this and it worked like a charm!

local rowColor = {default={0,0,0,0}, over={1,0.5,0,0.2}} tableView:insertRow{ rowColor = rowColor, params = { ... } }
#6

I just tried row._rowColor = {default = color, over = color}, but just like with row:setRowColor() it failed when I tried using it for  tableView widget’s “tap” and “release” phase for touchEvent…

 

I guess my real problem is: why doesn’t the coloring function work in those 2 phases?! For “press” it works perfectly

#7

Normally in onRowRender I will create my own background display.newRect. When the row renders, you draw whatever background color your code thinks it needs. You can add the background as a child to the row object, i.e. row.background and then you can easily access it from onRowTouch

Rob

#8

It worked really well, thanks Rob! Some minor issues with it blocking some objects unexpectedly and toFront() on the blocked object not fixing it… but that’s a different story.

#9

I used this and it worked like a charm!

local rowColor = {default={0,0,0,0}, over={1,0.5,0,0.2}} tableView:insertRow{ rowColor = rowColor, params = { ... } }