On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You can use \fcolorbox{border color}{ inside color}{ content } >> in ERT with the package color >> >> See the Embedded Objects manual section 5.7.1 > > Thanks, Siegfried. The problem with your approach is that for long > text boxes, the text does not get justified, unlike with text inside > minipages. I think LyX should have an option (for the user) to > selected the color of box around the minipage. > > Just a side remark: \fcolorbox also works with the package xcolor.
\fcolorbox can be made working with minipages. See the attached example. Paul
colored_boxed_minipage.lyx
Description: application/lyx