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Clear the CTabFolder background gradient in setBackground(Color) #3592

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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion .../org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Custom Widgets/common/org/eclipse/swt/custom/CTabFolder.java
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Expand Up @@ -2379,9 +2379,16 @@ public void reskin(int flags) {
}
}

/**
* Sets the background color of the unselected tabs, clearing any background
* gradient set by {@link #setBackground(Color[], int[], boolean)}.
*/
@Override
public void setBackground (Color color) {
super.setBackground(color);
gradientColors = null;
gradientPercents = null;
gradientVertical = false;
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updateBkImages(true);
redraw();
}
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gradientPercents[i] = percents[i];
}
gradientVertical = vertical;
setBackground(gradientColors[gradientColors.length-1]);
super.setBackground(gradientColors[gradientColors.length-1]);
updateBkImages(true);
}

// Refresh with the new settings
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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions ...tests/JUnit Tests/org/eclipse/swt/tests/junit/Test_org_eclipse_swt_custom_CTabFolder.java
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Expand Up @@ -1208,6 +1208,26 @@ public void test_moveItem_sameIndexIsNoOp() {
assertEquals(2, ctabFolder.getSelectionIndex());
}

@Test
public void test_setBackgroundColorClearsGradient() {
createTabFolder(null);
Composite topRight = new Composite(ctabFolder, SWT.NONE);
topRight.setLayout(new FixedSizeLayout(16, 8));
ctabFolder.setTopRight(topRight, SWT.RIGHT);
shell.setSize(400, 300);
shell.layout(true, true);
Color red = shell.getDisplay().getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_RED);
Color blue = shell.getDisplay().getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_BLUE);

ctabFolder.setBackground(new Color[] { red, blue }, new int[] { 100 }, true);
assertNotNull(topRight.getBackgroundImage(), "gradient must be handed to the top right control");

ctabFolder.setBackground(blue);
assertNull(topRight.getBackgroundImage(), "solid background must replace the gradient");
assertEquals(blue, topRight.getBackground());
assertEquals(blue, ctabFolder.getBackground());
}

@Test
public void test_moveItem_errorCases() {
createTabFolder(null, 3);
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