Can anybody tell me how to get Gridview cell borders? The help says

This class defines constants used by the Border property of many controls. Moreover, since Gambas 3.7, this class is creatable, and allows to describe the border of a GridView cell or row.

I have tried: -

I've missed something, but what?

Hi cogier, this is one of those cases where I find Gambas documentation pretty useless.

However, I discovered that this format seems to work;

Unless something is obvious to beginners (& me), there needs to be a working example + a plain English {other languages are also available} description of how it works.

Well done stevedee.    Once you have done it and press[F2] you, belatedly, get: -

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Not that I know anything about 'CSS-like syntax'

So my code is now: -


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Its certainly not a complete answer, and I've just looked at it again and found that using a Static Function:-
…works just as well.

Also, if you type:-
…you are offered a list of possible Properties. So it looks like it should be possible to do something like this:-
…but this reports a 'Null Object' error, because in this context, Border is a Property, not a Class.

It really shouldn't be this difficult.

OK try this:-

 The object is useful if you want to use the border in several places.

That joke was exactly the way I like them - super dry!

I did a bit of digging into CSS syntax and came up with this modification to sevedee's code.

Does this only work for gridview borders or can you change the colour and style on other controls?

Technopeasant said

Does this only work for gridview borders or can you change the colour and style on other controls?

It looks like it only works with GridView controls. The border property on most controls just turns it on/off, and it wont accept a bunch of style properties.

However, did you just want to create a simple border like this?

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I wanted to be able to change the colour and size of the borders of my controls, but I might just have to add my own drawing code.

Technopeasant said

I wanted to be able to change the colour and size of the borders of my controls, but I might just have to add my own drawing code.

Yes I think that is the only option. My example just used a panel control slightly larger than the main control.

For anyone interested, here is my demo code using a TextArea and a Panel:-


…and also a 1 second Timer to run it:-

I have had a look at this and I think the property to use is 'Padding'

Have a look at the attached (4 lines of code)

<IMG src="http://www.cogier.com/gambas/Borders.png"> </IMG>

 Might work for a panel, but does not seem to do what I want for picture boxes.

While it is disappointing that everything I read about how QT style sheets work suggests this should be possible, I have just implemented my own paint commands, which gave me the option of drawing ellipse borders as well.

Might work for a panel, but does not seem to do what I want for picture boxes.

See attached, same as before but with a PictureBox. If this is not what you are looking for please elaborate.

<IMG src="http://www.cogier.com/gambas/Borders1.png"> </IMG>

Does the job for UI elements I guess, but my drawing commands are working out better for dynamic game elements. Thanks for the tips though.