// inherit colour and font settings from the parent window
void wxControlBase::InheritAttributes()
{
- // it definitely doesn't make sense to inherit the background colour as the
- // controls typically have their own standard one and probably not the
- // foreground neither?
-#if 0
- SetBackgroundColour(GetParent()->GetBackgroundColour());
- SetForegroundColour(GetParent()->GetForegroundColour());
-#endif // 0
+ if ( ShouldInheritColours() )
+ {
+ wxWindow *parent = GetParent();
+
+ wxCHECK_RET( parent, _T("a control without parent?") );
+
+ SetBackgroundColour(parent->GetBackgroundColour());
+ SetForegroundColour(parent->GetForegroundColour());
+ }
#ifdef __WXPM__
//