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(colorValue) creates a background color object based on the specified CSS color name, hexadecimal RGB value, decimal RGB value, or decimal percent RGB color value.

Input Arguments

colorValue — Color value

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

Color value, specified as one of the formats in the table.

Format	Value
CSS color name	Specify a CSS color name. For a list of CSS color names, see https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords.
Hexadecimal RGB value	Use the format "#RRGGBB". Use # as the first character and two-digit hexadecimal numbers for the red, green, and blue values. You can use uppercase or lowercase letters.
Decimal RGB color value	Use the format "rgb(r,g,b)", where r, g, and b are comma-separated positive integers that specify the red, green, and blue values, respectively. Each value range must be between 0 and 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 must be between 0 and 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 1 0] specifies a green color using a decimal percent RGB color value.

Properties

HexValue — Hexadecimal RGB color value

"#FFFFFF" | 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:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: char | string

Value — Background color of document element

"white" | character vector | string scalar | row vector of three positive numerical values

Background color of the document element, specified as one of the formats in the table.

Format	Value
CSS color name	Specify a CSS color name. For a list of CSS color names, see https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords.
Hexadecimal RGB value	Use the format "#RRGGBB". Use # as the first character and two-digit hexadecimal numbers for the red, green, and blue values. You can use uppercase or lowercase letters.
Decimal RGB color value	Use the format "rgb(r,g,b)", where r, g, and b are comma-separated positive integers that specify the red, green, and blue values, respectively. Each value range must be between 0 and 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 must be between 0 and 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 1 0] specifies a green color using a decimal percent RGB color value.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: double | char | string

Id — Object identifier

character vector | string scalar

Object identifier, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The DOM API generates a session-unique identifier when it creates the document element object.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: char | string

Tag — Tag

character vector | string scalar

Tag, 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. Use this value to help identify where an issue occurs during document generation.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
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