+ if ( HasFlag(wxTE_MULTILINE) && HasFlag(wxTE_READONLY) )
+ {
+ // non-rich read-only multiline controls have grey background by
+ // default under MSW but this is not always appropriate, so forcefully
+ // reset the background colour to normal default
+ //
+ // this is not ideal but, after a long discussion on wx-dev (see
+ // http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.wxwidgets.devel/116360/) it
+ // was finally deemed to be the best behaviour by default (and ideally
+ // we'd have a way to change this, see #11521)
+ SetBackgroundColour(GetClassDefaultAttributes().colBg);
+ }