Hi Ralf, Yes, when drawing the background to indicate the 'hot' status of the label, I use ClientRect, but since in my overridden Paint() method I can't call inherited, instead I have to copy and modify the method body of TDiHtmlLabel which needs to access the FRect field in order to paint the html tags. Precisely, it's the following code: Renderer.RenderTree(Canvas, FRect, FNodeTree); On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Delphi Inspiration <delphi@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 17.02.2012 07:21, Edwin Yip wrote: > > > Would you change the visibility of TDiHtmlLabel.FRect to protected from > > private? > > > > I made a derived control based on TDiHtmlLabel added a function to > > reflect the 'mouse hover' state of the control (by changing the label's > > entire background color when the user mouse hover the control). > > > > In order to do that I had to overridden the Paint method which will need > > to access the FRect field. > > My feeling is that FRect is not ideal for your purpose. FRect describes > the part of the control where the HTML is painted. It is determined by > the control's width and height minus MarginHeight and MarginWidth. I > suppose you are looking for ClientRect instead. > > Further I suggest to publish the OnMouseEnter and OnMouseLeave > properties added to TControl with Delphi 2007. This allows to change the > background color by simply settings the TDIHtmlLabel.Color property in > mouse events. > > Ralf > _______________________________________________ > Delphi Inspiration mailing list > yunqa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > //www.freelists.org/list/yunqa > > > > -- Best Regards, Edwin Yip Mind Mapping is as Effortless as Typing http://www.InnovationGear.com