style<%> : interface?

A style<%> object encapsulates drawing information (font, color, alignment, etc.) in a hierarchical manner. A style<%> object always exists within the context of a style-list% object and is never created except by a style-list% object.

See also Styles.

(send a-style get-alignment) → (one-of/c 'top 'center 'bottom)

Returns the style’s alignment: 'top, 'center, or 'bottom.

(send a-style get-background) → (is-a?/c color%)

Returns the style’s background color.

(send a-style get-base-style)

→ (or/c (is-a?/c style<%>) false/c)

Returns the style’s base style. See Styles for more information. The return value is #f only for the basic style in the list.

(send a-style get-delta delta) → void?

delta : (is-a?/c style-delta%)

Returns the style’s delta information if the style is not a join style. See Styles for more information.

(send a-style get-face) → (or/c string? false/c)

Returns the style’s face name. See font%.

(send a-style get-family)

→   (one-of/c 'default 'decorative 'roman 'script           'swiss 'modern 'symbol 'system)

Returns the style’s font family. See font%.

(send a-style get-font) → (is-a?/c font%)

Returns the style’s font information.

(send a-style get-foreground) → (is-a?/c color%)

Returns the style’s foreground color.

(send a-style get-name) → (or/c string? false/c)

Returns the style’s name, or #f if it is unnamed. Style names are only set through the style’s style-list% object.

(send a-style get-shift-style) → (is-a?/c style<%>)

Returns the style’s shift style if it is a join style. Otherwise, the root style is returned. See Styles for more information.

(send a-style get-size) → (integer-in 0 255)

Returns the style’s font size.

(send a-style get-size-in-pixels) → boolean?

Returns #t if the style size is in pixels, instead of points, or #f otherwise.

(send a-style get-smoothing)

→ (one-of/c 'default 'partly-smoothed 'smoothed 'unsmoothed)

Returns the style’s font smoothing. See font%.

(send a-style get-style) → (one-of/c 'normal 'italic 'slant)

Returns the style’s font style. See font%.

(send a-style get-text-descent dc)

→ (and/c real? (not/c negative?))

dc : (is-a?/c dc<%>)

Returns the descent of text using this style in a given DC.

(send a-style get-text-height dc)

→ (and/c real? (not/c negative?))

dc : (is-a?/c dc<%>)

Returns the height of text using this style in a given DC.

(send a-style get-text-space dc)

→ (and/c real? (not/c negative?))

dc : (is-a?/c dc<%>)

Returns the vertical spacing for text using this style in a given DC.

(send a-style get-text-width dc)

→ (and/c real? (not/c negative?))

dc : (is-a?/c dc<%>)

Returns the width of a space character using this style in a given DC.

(send a-style get-transparent-text-backing) → boolean?

Returns #t if text is drawn without erasing the text background or #f otherwise.

(send a-style get-underlined) → boolean?

Returns #t if the style is underlined or #f otherwise.

(send a-style get-weight) → (one-of/c 'normal 'bold 'light)

Returns the style’s font weight. See font%.

(send a-style is-join?) → boolean?

Returns #t if the style is a join style or #f otherwise. See Styles for more information.

(send a-style set-base-style base-style) → void?

base-style : (is-a?/c style<%>)

Sets the style’s base style and recomputes the style’s font, etc. See Styles for more information.

(send a-style set-delta delta) → void?

delta : (is-a?/c style-delta%)

Sets the style’s delta (if it is not a join style) and recomputes the style’s font, etc. See Styles for more information.

(send a-style set-shift-style style) → void?

style : (is-a?/c style<%>)

Sets the style’s shift style (if it is a join style) and recomputes the style’s font, etc. See Styles for more information.

(send a-style switch-to dc old-style) → void?

dc : (is-a?/c dc<%>)

old-style : (or/c (is-a?/c style<%>) false/c)

Sets the font, pen color, etc. of the given drawing context. If oldstyle is not #f, only differences between the given style and this one are applied to the drawing context.