[AccessD] Textbox special highlighting

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Mon Jan 2 18:38:00 CST 2012


I generally indicate that a textbox is "double-clickable" by making the text in it bold.

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Stuart

On 2 Jan 2012 at 16:13, Doug Steele wrote:

> Hello all:
> 
> I would like to have a consistent method of highlighting textboxes so that
> a user knows that double clicking will result in the display of more
> information.  Ideally, it wouldn't involve changing the background or
> foreground colour, as I use these with conditional formatting for
> displaying other information (order quantity is greater than on-hand
> quantity, for instance).  Changing the border colour or thickness results
> in some very ugly grid displays.
> 
> The ability to put a little triangle in one corner of the textbox would be
> ideal - the way Excel does for comments.  Does anyone have a brilliant
> solution?
> 
> Thanks,
> Doug
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