NAME

form_field_attributes: set_field_fore, field_fore, set_field_back, field_back, set_field_pad, field_pad − format the general display attributes of forms

SYNOPSIS

#include <form.h>
int set_field_fore(FIELD ∗field, chtype attr);
chtype field_fore(FIELD ∗field);
int set_field_back(FIELD ∗field, chtype attr);
chtype field_back(FIELD ∗field);
int set_field_pad(FIELD ∗field, int pad);
int field_pad(FIELD ∗field);

DESCRIPTION

set_field_fore sets the foreground attribute of field.  The foreground attribute is the low-level curses display attribute used to display the field contents.  field_fore returns the foreground attribute of field. 

set_field_back sets the background attribute of field.  The background attribute is the low-level curses display attribute used to display the extent of the field.  field_back returns the background attribute of field. 

set_field_pad sets the pad character of field to pad.  The pad character is the character used to fill within the field.  field_pad returns the pad character of field. 

RETURN VALUE

field_fore, field_back and field_pad return default values if field is NULL.  If field is not NULL and is not a valid FIELD pointer, the return value from these routines is undefined. 

set_field_fore, set_field_back and set_field_pad return one of the following:

NOTES

The header file form.h automatically includes the header files eti.h and curses.h. 

SEE ALSO

curses(3X), forms(3X)