RibbonTask Colour & Icon?

[MichaelWDenney]

Is there any support for changing the colour of a specific RibbonTask (tab) and/or adding an icon to the task. There is one task we are adding that we would like to draw attention to over the others and change the colour and icon based on a state. I know the tasks in a contextual group inherit the colour of the group, but it appears there is the extra layer of a toggle button that actually handles the colour change.

I suppose I could accomplish the colour setting by making the desired task part of a contextual group that is always visible. But that's a bit hacky. Plus, that would allow me to set the colour initially but I don't see any way to dynamically change it.

[kirill-grouchnikov]

Seems reasonable to add Color-based tinting of individual task toggle buttons. That would align with RibbonContextualTaskGroup.hueColor, propagated through BasicRibbonUI.syncRibbonState to JRibbonTaskToggleButton.setContextualGroupHueColor to RadianceRibbonTaskToggleButtonUI.installListeners. Probably the internal property name should be renamed to be something more generic.

I don't think I want to add support for icons in those tabs.

[kirill-grouchnikov]

However, having said that, it does sound like you'd want such a task button to be drawn when it's not active? Right now the ribbon only draws the background visuals of the selected task button, and those that are participating in the rollover animations.

[MichaelWDenney]

You're right. It didn't occur to me that the contextual task buttons only get the hue when active. Yes, I am looking for a 'fixed' colour. The idea is to draw attention to a specific tab, so having it only change colour when it is active would defeat the purpose. Which means my hacky option of making the desired task part of an always visible contextual group won't work either.