# Re: - background color problem for FXCombobox

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-background-color-problem-for-fxcombobox/97261>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 6, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-background-color-problem-for-fxcombobox/97261 "2006-07-06T00:28:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-background-color-problem-for-fxcombobox/97261/1 "2006-07-06T00:28:11Z")

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Lyle,

thanks for your reply.  
I’ve now tried

p.recursive{|w|

# w.baseColor=STD\_BACK\_COLOR

next if w.kind\_of? TextField  
next if w.backColor==HEADER\_COLOR  
if /ComboBox/.match(w.type.to\_s)  
w.baseColor=WHITE\_BACK\_COLOR  
w.backColor=WHITE\_BACK\_COLOR  
p ‘w.children’  
p w.children  
w.children.each{|x| x.textColor=STD\_BACK\_COLOR }

# w.textColor=STD\_BACK\_COLOR

else  
w.backColor=STD\_BACK\_COLOR

# w.textColor=STD\_BACK\_COLOR

end  
},

but I get  
p w.children =  
[#Fox::FXWindow:0x32be030, #Fox::FXWindow:0x32be000]

and the methods for these do not include a way of setting any color -  
is it necessary to add one explicitly ? Another field just below the  
Combobox  
is a text field, and it has a white background color, just as it  
should,  
without any additional work from me.

Thank you,

Axel

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-background-color-problem-for-fxcombobox/97261/2 "2006-07-06T15:58:54Z")

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On 7/5/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> thanks for your reply.  
> I’ve now tried

> but I get  
> p w.children =  
> [#Fox::FXWindow:0x32be030, #Fox::FXWindow:0x32be000]
> 
> and the methods for these do not include a way of setting any color.

That bug (for FXWindow#children only returning an array of FXWindow  
instances) was fixed in 1.6.0 and will also be fixed in 1.4.7 when  
it’s released.