start closing down crappy color choices

color.go

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"math/rand"
 
+	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
+
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -18,15 +20,6 @@ import (
 //color.go:       w.v.SelFgColor = gocui.ColorBlack
 //color.go:               w.v.BgColor = gocui.ColorGreen
 
-type colorT struct {
-	frame gocui.Attribute
-	fg    gocui.Attribute
-	bg    gocui.Attribute
-	selFg gocui.Attribute
-	selBg gocui.Attribute
-	name  string
-}
-
 var none gocui.Attribute = gocui.AttrNone
 var lightPurple gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#DDDDDD")    // light purple
 var darkPurple gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#FFAA55")     // Dark Purple
@@ -51,11 +44,22 @@ var colorWindow colorT = colorT{
 	frame: none,
 	fg:    gocui.ColorBlue,
 	bg:    none,
-	selFg: none,
-	selBg: powdererBlue,
+	selFg: gocui.ColorWhite,
+	// selBg: powdererBlue,
+	selBg: gocui.ColorBlue,
 	name:  "normal window",
 }
-var colorActiveW colorT = colorT{none, none, powdererBlue, none, powdererBlue, "active window"} // sets the window to blue
+
+var colorActiveW colorT = colorT{
+	frame: none,
+	fg:    gocui.ColorWhite,
+	bg:    gocui.ColorBlue,
+	selFg: gocui.ColorBlue,
+	selBg: none,
+	name:  "normal window",
+}
+
+// var colorActiveW colorT = colorT{none, none, powdererBlue, none, powdererBlue, "active window"} // sets the window to blue
 
 var colorTab colorT = colorT{gocui.ColorBlue, gocui.ColorBlue, none, none, powdererBlue, "normal tab"}
 var colorActiveT colorT = colorT{gocui.ColorBlue, none, powdererBlue, none, powdererBlue, "active tab"}
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@ var colorButtonDense colorT = colorT{
 	frame: none,
 	fg:    none,
 	bg:    gocui.ColorGreen,
+	// bg:    tcell.ColorGreen,
 	selFg: none,
 	selBg: gocui.ColorWhite,
 	name:  "normal button",
@@ -228,3 +233,75 @@ func get_teminal_color_palette() string {
 
 	return color1 + " " + color2 + " " + color3 + " " + color4 + " " + color5 + " " + color6 + " " + color7 + " " + color8
 }
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) SetColorRed() {
+	tk.color = new(colorT)
+	tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorRed
+}
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) setColorBlue() {
+	// r, g, b :=
+	// newgreen := gocui.NewRGBColor(tcell.ColorLightBlue.RGB())
+
+	// tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlue
+	tk.color.bg = gocui.NewRGBColor(tcell.ColorLightBlue.RGB())
+}
+
+// weird. lots of color problems for me on debian sid using the traditional Andy Herzfield 'gnome'
+func (tk *guiWidget) setColorButtonDenseOLD() {
+	/*
+		cellgreen := tcell.ColorLightGreen
+		r, g, b := cellgreen.RGB()
+		newgreen := gocui.NewRGBColor(r, g, b)
+	*/
+
+	// tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlue
+	if tk.color == nil {
+		tk.color = new(colorT)
+	}
+	lightGreen := gocui.GetColor("0x90EE90")
+	lightGreen = gocui.GetColor("0x008000")
+	lightGreen = gocui.NewRGBColor(0x00, 0x80, 0x00)
+
+	tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorYellow
+	tk.color.fg = gocui.AttrNone
+	tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorGreen
+	tk.color.bg = lightGreen
+	tk.color.bg = gocui.Attribute(tcell.ColorLightGreen)
+	tk.color.bg = superLightGrey
+	// bg:    gocui.ColorGreen,
+	tk.color.selFg = gocui.AttrNone
+	tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorGreen
+
+	// tk.color = &colorButtonDense
+
+	/*
+		tk.color.selFg = gocui.AttrNone
+		r, g, b := tcell.ColorLightGreen.RGB()
+		log.Info("color =", tcell.ColorLightGreen.CSS(), r, g, b)
+		tk.color.selBg = gocui.NewRGBColor(r, g, b)
+	*/
+}
+
+// weird. lots of color problems for me on debian sid using the traditional Andy Herzfield 'gnome'
+func (tk *guiWidget) setColorWindow() {
+	if tk.color == nil {
+		tk.color = new(colorT)
+	}
+	tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
+	tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlue
+	tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
+	tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
+	tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlue
+}
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) setColorButtonDense() {
+	if tk.color == nil {
+		tk.color = new(colorT)
+	}
+	tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
+	tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlue
+	tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
+	tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
+	tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlue
+}

dropdown.go

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) showTextbox() {
 	// log.Log(GOCUI, "showTextbox() SHOWING AT W,H=", startW, startH)
 	me.textbox.tk.MoveToOffset(startW+3, startH+2)
 	me.textbox.tk.labelN = "holy cow"
+	me.textbox.tk.SetColorRed()
 	me.textbox.tk.Show()
 	me.textbox.active = true
 	me.textbox.callerTK = tk

place.go

@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) placeWidgets(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 	case widget.Button:
 		if tk.isWindowDense() && tk.isInGrid() {
 			tk.frame = false
-			tk.color = &colorButtonDense
+			tk.color = nil
+			tk.defaultColor = nil
+			tk.setColorButtonDense()
 		}
 		tk.gocuiSetWH(startW, startH)
 		return tk.gocuiSize.Width(), tk.gocuiSize.Height()

structs.go

@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@ type window struct {
 	dense       bool       // true if the window is huge
 }
 
+type colorT struct {
+	frame gocui.Attribute
+	fg    gocui.Attribute
+	bg    gocui.Attribute
+	selFg gocui.Attribute
+	selBg gocui.Attribute
+	name  string
+}
+
 type guiWidget struct {
 	v            *gocui.View  // this is nil if the widget is not displayed
 	cuiName      string       // what gocui uses to reference the widget (usually "TK <widgetId>"
@@ -153,7 +162,6 @@ type guiWidget struct {
 	labelN       string       // the actual text to display in the console
 	vals         []string     // dropdown menu items
 	enable       bool         // ?
-	defaultColor *colorT      // store the color to go back to
 	gocuiSize    rectType     // should mirror the real display size. todo: verify these are accurate. they are not yet
 	full         rectType     // full size of children (used by widget.Window, etc)
 	force        rectType     // force widget within these boundries (using this to debug window dragging)
@@ -166,8 +174,9 @@ type guiWidget struct {
 	frame        bool         // ?
 	selectedTab  *tree.Node   // for a window, this is currently selected tab
 	color        *colorT      // what color to use
+	defaultColor *colorT      // the default colors // TODO: make a function for this instead
+	isBG         bool         // means this is the background widget. There is only one of these
 	// resize       bool         // the window is currently being resized
-	isBG bool // means this is the background widget. There is only one of these
 }
 
 // THIS IS GO COMPILER MAGIC