[cla] setting background color on dialog breaks if done before showing

[mikewse@…]

(Assigning to you again, Bill ;-)

If adding background color setting to tests/widget/test_Dialog_createWidget.html like this:

dlgProg = dojo.widget.createWidget("dojo:Dialog",...
dlgProg.setBackgroundColor("white");

Then Dialog.js (6973) from 1/3/07 will break on:

156: this.bg.style.backgroundColor = color.toString();

as bg isn't set, probably due to the new delayed initialization of the widget.

[bill]

Hmm, we shouldn't have a setBackgroundColor() method in Dialog at all; it should be controlled by CSS. Passing to Koranteng to affect that change.

[guest]

You do realize that this method isn't setting the background color of the actual dialog, but instead of the "backdrop effect" that dims out everything else on the page while the dialog is popped? If this method should be removed then it must be clear how to address the backdrop's color (and opacity?) through a CSS selector.

Best regards Mike

[bill]

Right, so we need a CSS class (dijitDialogBackdrop?) that affects the <div> that's placed under the dialog but above everything else, and covers the whole screen.

[bill]

This is fixed with the new design, where color (and everything else) is specified in the CSS file.