On Jan 12, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Donnie Lee wrote:
"The button should be disabled by design. It don't intend to
interact
with a user at all."
This is exactly the point Ricky was making. If a button never works
*by design*, a button is the wrong choice for a UI element
I don't like to discuss ideological part of the thing, I ask only
about a technical implementation.
you'd need to override the button's
drawing to always draw the enabled state, ignoring the control's
actual state.
Too "dirty" solution.
What's dirty about it? Note that as soon as you call a solution
"dirty" you're dangerously close to discussing ideology.
You defined the problem as wanting a button that is disabled but looks
enabled. You yourself said you want the button to draw as if it were
enabled despite the fact that it is disabled. The above solution
basically echoes your exact requirements, so if it is dirty, then your
application design must also be dirty. Why is it not dirty to present
a button whose appearance is a lie?
As others have already asked: what are you trying to accomplish? What
is the usage scenario you are trying to achieve, and what is its
purpose?
If you want a "better" answer (and there may not be one), you need to
provide more context.
--Andy
Or, you could let the button allow clicking and simply
do nothing.
As I already did and asked about more beautiful ways. If there is no
more beautiful way -- not a big problem.
Donnie.
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