mlreportgen.dom.BackgroundColor Class

Namespace: mlreportgen.dom

Background color of document element

Description

Specifies the background color of a document element

The mlreportgen.dom.BackgroundColor class is a handle class.

Creation

Description

backgroundColorObj = BackgroundColor creates a white background.

backgroundColorObj = BackgroundColor(colorName) creates a background color object based on the specified CSS color name.

backgroundColorObj = BackgroundColor(rgbValue) creates a background color object using the hexadecimal RGB color value.

Input Arguments

colorName — Name of a color to use

character vector

The name of a color, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The name must be a CSS color name. See https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords.

rgbValue — Hexadecimal RGB (red, green, blue) color value

character vector

A character vector using the following RGB format: #RRGGBB. Use # as the first character and two-digit hexadecimal numbers each for the red, green, and blue values. For example, '#0000ff' specifies blue.

Properties

HexValue — Hexadecimal RGB color value

character vector | string scalar

Hexadecimal RGB color value, specified as a character vector or string scalar. You can use either uppercase or lowercase letters as part of a hexadecimal value.

Example: "#8b008b" specifies a dark magenta color.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

Value — Color of document element

character vector | string scalar | three comma-separated positive integers | row vector of three positive numerical values

Color of the document element, specified as one of these formats:

Format	Data Type
CSS color name	Specify as a character vector or string scalar. The name must be a CSS color name. See https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords.
Hexadecimal RGB value	Specified as a character vector or string scalar using the format #RRGGBB. Use # as the first character and two-digit hexadecimal numbers for the red, green, and blue values. You can use either uppercase or lowercase letters as part of a hexadecimal value.
Decimal RGB color value	Specify three comma-separated positive integers, values, in the string "rgb(values)". The digits specify the red, green, and blue values. Each value ranges from 0 to 255.
Decimal percent RGB color value	Specify a row vector of three positive numerical values. The digits specify the red, green, and blue values. Each value ranges from 0 to 1.

Example: "red" specifies a red color using a CSS color name.

Example: "#0000ff" specifies a blue color using a hexadecimal RGB value.

Example: "rgb(128,0,128)" specifies a purple color using a decimal RGB color value.

Example: [0.5 0 0.5] specifies a purple color using a decimal percent RGB color value.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: double | char | string

Id — Object identifier for mlreportgen.dom.BackgroundColor object

character vector | string scalar

Object identifier for the mlreportgen.dom.BackgroundColor object, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The DOM API generates a session-unique identifier when it creates the document element object. You can specify your own value for Id.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

Tag — Tag for mlreportgen.dom.BackgroundColor object

character vector | string scalar

Tag for the mlreportgen.dom.BackgroundColor object, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The DOM API generates a session-unique tag as part of the creation of this object. The generated tag has the form CLASS:ID, where CLASS is the object class and ID is the value of the Id property of the object. Specify your own tag value to help you identify where to look when an issue occurs during document generation.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

Examples

Create and Apply a Background Color

Create a deep sky blue background color object and apply it to a paragraph. Instead of specifying the CSS color name DeepSkyBlue, you can use the hexadecimal value #00bfff.

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
     doctype = 'html';
     d = Document('test',doctype);
     blue = 'DeepSkyBlue';
     % blue = '#00BFFF';
     colorfulStyle = {Bold,Color(blue),BackgroundColor('Yellow')};
     p = Paragraph('deep sky blue paragraph with yellow background');
     p.Style = colorfulStyle;
     append(d,p);
     close(d);
     rptview('test',doctype);

Version History

Introduced in R2014b