# Setting button colour on 1.9.5

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-button-colour-on-1-9-5/144294>\
**Category:** wxRuby\
**Created:** [July 28, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-button-colour-on-1-9-5/144294 "2008-07-28T11:57:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![IrlwegS\_Franz\_SZNT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@IrlwegS\_Franz\_SZNT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/IrlwegS_Franz_SZNT)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-button-colour-on-1-9-5/144294/1 "2008-07-28T11:57:31Z")

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Hi all,

i’m working with wxruby 1.9.5 on windows.  
Trying to set the background colour for a button does not work!

Thanks for any help,  
Franz

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**Author:** ![IrlwegS\_Franz\_SZNT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@IrlwegS\_Franz\_SZNT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/IrlwegS_Franz_SZNT)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-button-colour-on-1-9-5/144294/2 "2008-07-29T12:42:16Z")

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Hi Franz

Irlweg, Franz (ZNT) wrote:

> i’m working with wxruby 1.9.5 on windows.  
> Trying to set the background colour for a button does not work!

The background colour for a standard OS button will come from the user’s  
desktop theme. Because these are native widgets, on most desktops this  
standard colour can’t be changed - this is a feature not a bug 😉 as it  
keeps applications consistent with respective GUI standards.

If you really must have multi-coloured buttons, use Wx::BitmapButton.

hth  
alex