SCI_SETMARGINLEFT and SC_MARK_BACKGROUND

[Sam Ransbotham]

(Thanks for Scintilla -- great product.)

I'm trying to use SCI_SETMARGINLEFT and SC_MARK_BACKGROUND.  Using SC_MARK_BACKGROUND sets the background color of the line with the marker.  

But the blank margin set with SCI_SETMARGINLEFT seems to remain in the normal color, not the SC_MARK_BACKGROUND color.  What controls the color of the blank margin part?

(or am I doing something wrong elsewhere?)

Thanks,

Sam

[Neil Hodgson]

Sam Ransbotham:

> But the blank margin set with SCI_SETMARGINLEFT seems to remain in the normal color, not the SC_MARK_BACKGROUND color. What controls the color of the blank margin part?

The left and right margins are drawn in the background colour for STYLE_DEFAULT.

Neil

[Sam Ransbotham]

Thanks. Since there is only a single STYLE_DEFAULT, am I correct that this means the background color of the SCI_SETMARGINLEFT cannot change by line?

For example, this example sets the SCI_SETMARGINLEFT to 20 and uses a marker (SC_MARK_BACKGROUND) to change every other line to a yellow background. The SCI_SETMARGINLEFT background remains in the default background color (set by STYLE_DEFAULT) instead of using the SC_MARK_MARKBACKGROUND style. I expected that the background of the whole line would change (including the SCI_SETMARGINLEFT part).