The default value is TRUE. That is, field-level widgets inherit the background color of the containing dialog-box or frame widget, by default.
When set to FALSE for a dialog-box or frame widget, the following field-level widgets will not inherit the background color of their containing widget: BROWSE, COMBO-BOX (all types), EDITOR, FILL-IN (NATIVE and Enabled), and SELECTION-LIST.
You must set this attribute before realizing the dialog-box or frame widgets.
For static dialog-box and frame widgets, you can also change the default background color inheritance on a frame-by-frame basis by specifying the INHERIT-BGCOLOR option in the Frame phrase when you define the widget.
You can also set this attribute to FALSE on the SESSION system handle to change the default background color inheritance for all dialog-box and frame widgets in the session. Setting this attribute affects dialog-box and frame widgets created only after the attribute is set; it does not affect existing widgets.
Note: If you set this attribute on the SESSION system handle in a procedure that also contains static dialog-box or frame widget definitions, the static widgets will not be affected by the attribute setting because they are created before the procedure begins executing. For this reason, Progress Software Corporation recommends that you set this attribute on the SESSION system handle in an initialization procedure that does not contain static widget definitions.
Setting the BGCOLOR attribute for a field-level widget within the dialog-box or frame overrides any INHERIT-BGCOLOR attribute or option settings.
