Changing desktopalert color

[Bhavin]

Hi there,

I am trying to change the color of the desktopalert and its not working...can u pls let me know if its possible?

i tried to change the color by theme, i.e.

DesktopAlertQuickNote.ThemeName = "Windows7"

thx

 

 

[Stefan]

Hello Bhavin,

Thank you for writing.

Please refer to the attached project, where I have implemented the desired functionality for you. There are three cases in this project:

• Show alert with the default theme
• Show alert with Windows7 theme
• Show customized alert

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

 
Regards,
Stefan
the Telerik team

[Will]

Your example is helpful in modifying the BackColor and the Caption grip bar, but what about the text and the buttons.

I was able to modify the text as follows:

    alert.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.ForeColor = Color.White;
    alert.Popup.AlertElement.ContentElement.ForeColor = Color.White;

... but I can't figure out how to change the color of the buttons.  I tried this, but it had no effect:

    alert.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.PinButton.ForeColor = Color.White;

[Stefan]

Hi Will,

Thank you for writing.

Here is how to change the BackColor of the three buttons in RadDesktopAlert:

radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.PinButton.ButtonFillElement.BackColor = Color.Red;
radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.PinButton.ButtonFillElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Solid;

radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.CloseButton.ButtonFillElement.BackColor = Color.Red;
radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.CloseButton.ButtonFillElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Solid;

radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.OptionsButton.ActionButton.ButtonFillElement.BackColor = Color.Red;
radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.OptionsButton.ActionButton.ButtonFillElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Solid;

I hope that you find this useful.
 
Regards,
Stefan
the Telerik team

[Will]

Thanks Stefan, but I need to change the actual color of the image.  In other words, for the Pin button, I want the pin to be a different color.  Right now, it's dark navy blue, which isn't attractive (or legible) on a red background.  Here are some lines, where I'm trying to make the PinButton black on a yellow background.  The first two lines have no effect.

I've tried all of these lines, but nothing's working:

myAlert.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.PinButton.BackColor = Color.Black;             
myAlert.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.PinButton.ButtonFillElement.ForeColor = Color.Black;             
myAlert.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.PinButton.ButtonFillElement.BackColor = Color.Yellow;             
myAlert.Popup.AlertElement.CaptionElement.TextAndButtonsElement.PinButton.ButtonFillElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Solid;

[Stefan]

Hi Will,

You cannot do that by setting a color setting. You have to create an image with the desired colors and assign the image to the Image property of the desired button.
 
All the best,
Stefan
the Telerik team

[Will]

I have seen the Pin show-up w/ different colors on different environments.  On a Windows7 workstation, the pin was white.  On a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine, the pin is dark-blue.  I know there is a way to change this.  If nothing else, it must just be pulling that color from one of the background elements, but I feel like I've changed everything possible.

[Stefan]

Hi Will,

I am not sure how did you observe different color on the two machines as this is an image set to the button. Perhaps you were using different themes?

Attached you can find the appearance of the desktop alert on both Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 machines.
 
Regards,
Stefan
Telerik