Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: MenuItem.SetFontColor

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MenuItem.SetFontColor

Sets the font color to use.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Menu	6.5	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

MBS( "MenuItem.SetFontColor"; item; Color ) More

(old name: MenuItem.ApplyColor)

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

item The reference to the menu item. Please create one with MenuItem.CreateMenuItem or MenuItem.CreateSeparator. $item

Color A color value.
This can be a string in the following format "HSL h s l a", "YUV y u v a", "RGB r g b a", "MONO m a", "GRAY g a" or "COLOR R G B a". Alpha value a is optional. Range of values is 0 to 1.0 except if you use COLOR where RGB values are 0 to 255.
Starting with version 5.4 of our plugin, you can use hex notation. # followed by 2 digits for red, green, blue and optional alpha, e.g. #FF0000 for full red. "RGB 1 0 0"

Parameter	Description	Example
item	The reference to the menu item. Please create one with MenuItem.CreateMenuItem or MenuItem.CreateSeparator.	$item
Color	A color value. This can be a string in the following format "HSL h s l a", "YUV y u v a", "RGB r g b a", "MONO m a", "GRAY g a" or "COLOR R G B a". Alpha value a is optional. Range of values is 0 to 1.0 except if you use COLOR where RGB values are 0 to 255. Starting with version 5.4 of our plugin, you can use hex notation. # followed by 2 digits for red, green, blue and optional alpha, e.g. #FF0000 for full red.	"RGB 1 0 0"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Sets the font color to use.
On Windows, a few features are not compatible with having a custom color.

Examples

Create menu item with font color:

Set Variable [$item; Value:MBS("MenuItem.CreateMenuItem"; "Red Color")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("MenuItem.SetFontColor"; $item; "#FF0000")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("Menu.AddItem"; $menu; $item)]

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MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 6.5pr1

Created 1st October 2016, last changed 1st October 2016

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