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Change colour of layout window when switching between edit/read mode

blankman

Hi All,

Im looking to write some code to change the colour or appearance of the layout window in some way when switching back and forth between edit mode and read mode. Im using IC6 and find it less obvious to see if a cellview is editable as compared to IC5. Is it possible to do this? I've had a look into editing window properties, but have run out of leads following this up in the documentation. Any help/suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian.

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  • blankman

    Thanks Andrew, I've written the code below, i'll give it a test run for the time being and see if I can get used to it. Another option would be to set cross cursor for edit, and normal cursor for read. But how would I go about setting this without the need for a bindkey? I'm assuming as an environment variable, but can I use when and if statements in the .cdsenv file? For instance if in edit mode set "layout    cursorShape    boolean    t", and if in read mode set "layout    cursorShape    boolean    nil"?

    procedure(BSdimEditRead()
            if(geGetEditCellView()~>mode == "r"
                    then    _leChangeEditMode("a")
                            hiGetCurrentWindow()->dimmingScope="eipSurround"
                    else    _leChangeEditMode("r")
                            hiGetCurrentWindow()->dimmingScope="all"
            )
    )
    hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>space" "BSdimEditRead()")

    Brian.

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  • blankman

    Thanks Andrew, I've written the code below, i'll give it a test run for the time being and see if I can get used to it. Another option would be to set cross cursor for edit, and normal cursor for read. But how would I go about setting this without the need for a bindkey? I'm assuming as an environment variable, but can I use when and if statements in the .cdsenv file? For instance if in edit mode set "layout    cursorShape    boolean    t", and if in read mode set "layout    cursorShape    boolean    nil"?

    procedure(BSdimEditRead()
            if(geGetEditCellView()~>mode == "r"
                    then    _leChangeEditMode("a")
                            hiGetCurrentWindow()->dimmingScope="eipSurround"
                    else    _leChangeEditMode("r")
                            hiGetCurrentWindow()->dimmingScope="all"
            )
    )
    hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>space" "BSdimEditRead()")

    Brian.

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