s/fore_color/color

s/back_color/background_color

IPython/html/static/widgets/js/widget.js

@@ -1,576 +1,576 b''
 // Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
 // Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
 define(["widgets/js/manager",
         "underscore",
         "backbone", 
         "jquery",   
         "base/js/namespace",
 ], function(widgetmanager, _, Backbone, $, IPython){
 
     var WidgetModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
         constructor: function (widget_manager, model_id, comm) {
             // Constructor
             //
             // Creates a WidgetModel instance.
             //
             // Parameters
             // ----------
             // widget_manager : WidgetManager instance
             // model_id : string
             //      An ID unique to this model.
             // comm : Comm instance (optional)
             this.widget_manager = widget_manager;
             this._buffered_state_diff = {};
             this.pending_msgs = 0;
             this.msg_buffer = null;
             this.key_value_lock = null;
             this.id = model_id;
             this.views = [];
 
             if (comm !== undefined) {
                 // Remember comm associated with the model.
                 this.comm = comm;
                 comm.model = this;
 
                 // Hook comm messages up to model.
                 comm.on_close($.proxy(this._handle_comm_closed, this));
                 comm.on_msg($.proxy(this._handle_comm_msg, this));
             }
             return Backbone.Model.apply(this);
         },
 
         send: function (content, callbacks) {
             // Send a custom msg over the comm.
             if (this.comm !== undefined) {
                 var data = {method: 'custom', content: content};
                 this.comm.send(data, callbacks);
                 this.pending_msgs++;
             }
         },
 
         _handle_comm_closed: function (msg) {
             // Handle when a widget is closed.
             this.trigger('comm:close');
             delete this.comm.model; // Delete ref so GC will collect widget model.
             delete this.comm;
             delete this.model_id; // Delete id from model so widget manager cleans up.
             _.each(this.views, function(view, i) {
                 view.remove();
             });
         },
 
         _handle_comm_msg: function (msg) {
             // Handle incoming comm msg.
             var method = msg.content.data.method;
             switch (method) {
                 case 'update':
                     this.apply_update(msg.content.data.state);
                     break;
                 case 'custom':
                     this.trigger('msg:custom', msg.content.data.content);
                     break;
                 case 'display':
                     this.widget_manager.display_view(msg, this);
                     break;
             }
         },
 
         apply_update: function (state) {
             // Handle when a widget is updated via the python side.
             var that = this;
             _.each(state, function(value, key) {
                 that.key_value_lock = [key, value];
                 try {
                     WidgetModel.__super__.set.apply(that, [key, that._unpack_models(value)]);
                 } finally {
                     that.key_value_lock = null;
                 }
             });
         },
 
         _handle_status: function (msg, callbacks) {
             // Handle status msgs.
 
             // execution_state : ('busy', 'idle', 'starting')
             if (this.comm !== undefined) {
                 if (msg.content.execution_state ==='idle') {
                     // Send buffer if this message caused another message to be
                     // throttled.
                     if (this.msg_buffer !== null &&
                         (this.get('msg_throttle') || 3) === this.pending_msgs) {
                         var data = {method: 'backbone', sync_method: 'update', sync_data: this.msg_buffer};
                         this.comm.send(data, callbacks);
                         this.msg_buffer = null;
                     } else {
                         --this.pending_msgs;
                     }
                 }
             }
         },
 
         callbacks: function(view) {
             // Create msg callbacks for a comm msg.
             var callbacks = this.widget_manager.callbacks(view);
 
             if (callbacks.iopub === undefined) {
                 callbacks.iopub = {};
             }
 
             var that = this;
             callbacks.iopub.status = function (msg) {
                 that._handle_status(msg, callbacks);
             };
             return callbacks;
         },
 
         set: function(key, val, options) {
             // Set a value.
             var return_value = WidgetModel.__super__.set.apply(this, arguments);
 
             // Backbone only remembers the diff of the most recent set()
             // operation.  Calling set multiple times in a row results in a 
             // loss of diff information.  Here we keep our own running diff.
             this._buffered_state_diff = $.extend(this._buffered_state_diff, this.changedAttributes() || {});
             return return_value;
         },
 
         sync: function (method, model, options) {
             // Handle sync to the back-end.  Called when a model.save() is called.
 
             // Make sure a comm exists.
             var error = options.error || function() {
                 console.error('Backbone sync error:', arguments);
             };
             if (this.comm === undefined) {
                 error();
                 return false;
             }
 
             // Delete any key value pairs that the back-end already knows about.
             var attrs = (method === 'patch') ? options.attrs : model.toJSON(options);
             if (this.key_value_lock !== null) {
                 var key = this.key_value_lock[0];
                 var value = this.key_value_lock[1];
                 if (attrs[key] === value) {
                     delete attrs[key];
                 }
             }
 
             // Only sync if there are attributes to send to the back-end.
             attrs = this._pack_models(attrs);
             if (_.size(attrs) > 0) {
 
                 // If this message was sent via backbone itself, it will not
                 // have any callbacks.  It's important that we create callbacks
                 // so we can listen for status messages, etc...
                 var callbacks = options.callbacks || this.callbacks();
 
                 // Check throttle.
                 if (this.pending_msgs >= (this.get('msg_throttle') || 3)) {
                     // The throttle has been exceeded, buffer the current msg so
                     // it can be sent once the kernel has finished processing 
                     // some of the existing messages.
                     
                     // Combine updates if it is a 'patch' sync, otherwise replace updates
                     switch (method) {
                         case 'patch':
                             this.msg_buffer = $.extend(this.msg_buffer || {}, attrs);
                             break;
                         case 'update':
                         case 'create':
                             this.msg_buffer = attrs;
                             break;
                         default:
                             error();
                             return false;
                     }
                     this.msg_buffer_callbacks = callbacks;
 
                 } else {
                     // We haven't exceeded the throttle, send the message like 
                     // normal.
                     var data = {method: 'backbone', sync_data: attrs};
                     this.comm.send(data, callbacks);
                     this.pending_msgs++;
                 }
             }
             // Since the comm is a one-way communication, assume the message 
             // arrived.  Don't call success since we don't have a model back from the server
             // this means we miss out on the 'sync' event.
             this._buffered_state_diff = {};
         },
 
         save_changes: function(callbacks) {
             // Push this model's state to the back-end
             //
             // This invokes a Backbone.Sync.
             this.save(this._buffered_state_diff, {patch: true, callbacks: callbacks});
         },
 
         _pack_models: function(value) {
             // Replace models with model ids recursively.
             var that = this;
             var packed;
             if (value instanceof Backbone.Model) {
                 return "IPY_MODEL_" + value.id;
 
             } else if ($.isArray(value)) {
                 packed = [];
                 _.each(value, function(sub_value, key) {
                     packed.push(that._pack_models(sub_value));
                 });
                 return packed;
 
             } else if (value instanceof Object) {
                 packed = {};
                 _.each(value, function(sub_value, key) {
                     packed[key] = that._pack_models(sub_value);
                 });
                 return packed;
 
             } else {
                 return value;
             }
         },
 
         _unpack_models: function(value) {
             // Replace model ids with models recursively.
             var that = this;
             var unpacked;
             if ($.isArray(value)) {
                 unpacked = [];
                 _.each(value, function(sub_value, key) {
                     unpacked.push(that._unpack_models(sub_value));
                 });
                 return unpacked;
 
             } else if (value instanceof Object) {
                 unpacked = {};
                 _.each(value, function(sub_value, key) {
                     unpacked[key] = that._unpack_models(sub_value);
                 });
                 return unpacked;
 
             } else if (typeof value === 'string' && value.slice(0,10) === "IPY_MODEL_") {
 		var model = this.widget_manager.get_model(value.slice(10, value.length));
 		if (model) {
 		    return model;
 		} else {
 		    return value;
 		}
             } else {
                     return value;
             }
         },
 
     });
     widgetmanager.WidgetManager.register_widget_model('WidgetModel', WidgetModel);
 
 
     var WidgetView = Backbone.View.extend({
         initialize: function(parameters) {
             // Public constructor.
             this.model.on('change',this.update,this);
             this.options = parameters.options;
             this.child_model_views = {};
             this.child_views = {};
             this.model.views.push(this);
             this.id = this.id || IPython.utils.uuid();
             this.on('displayed', function() { 
                 this.is_displayed = true; 
             }, this);
         },
 
         update: function(){
             // Triggered on model change.
             //
             // Update view to be consistent with this.model
         },
 
         create_child_view: function(child_model, options) {
             // Create and return a child view.
             //
             // -given a model and (optionally) a view name if the view name is 
             // not given, it defaults to the model's default view attribute.
         
             // TODO: this is hacky, and makes the view depend on this cell attribute and widget manager behavior
             // it would be great to have the widget manager add the cell metadata
             // to the subview without having to add it here.
             options = $.extend({ parent: this }, options || {});
             var child_view = this.model.widget_manager.create_view(child_model, options, this);
             
             // Associate the view id with the model id.
             if (this.child_model_views[child_model.id] === undefined) {
                 this.child_model_views[child_model.id] = [];
             }
             this.child_model_views[child_model.id].push(child_view.id);
 
             // Remember the view by id.
             this.child_views[child_view.id] = child_view;
             return child_view;
         },
 
         pop_child_view: function(child_model) {
             // Delete a child view that was previously created using create_child_view.
             var view_ids = this.child_model_views[child_model.id];
             if (view_ids !== undefined) {
 
                 // Only delete the first view in the list.
                 var view_id = view_ids[0];
                 var view = this.child_views[view_id];
                 delete this.child_views[view_id];
                 view_ids.splice(0,1);
                 child_model.views.pop(view);
             
                 // Remove the view list specific to this model if it is empty.
                 if (view_ids.length === 0) {
                     delete this.child_model_views[child_model.id];
                 }
                 return view;
             }
             return null;
         },
 
         do_diff: function(old_list, new_list, removed_callback, added_callback) {
             // Difference a changed list and call remove and add callbacks for 
             // each removed and added item in the new list.
             //
             // Parameters
             // ----------
             // old_list : array
             // new_list : array
             // removed_callback : Callback(item)
             //      Callback that is called for each item removed.
             // added_callback : Callback(item)
             //      Callback that is called for each item added.
 
             // Walk the lists until an unequal entry is found.
             var i;
             for (i = 0; i < new_list.length; i++) {
                 if (i >= old_list.length || new_list[i] !== old_list[i]) {
                     break;
                 }
             }
 
             // Remove the non-matching items from the old list.
             for (var j = i; j < old_list.length; j++) {
                 removed_callback(old_list[j]);
             }
 
             // Add the rest of the new list items.
             for (; i < new_list.length; i++) {
                 added_callback(new_list[i]);
             }
         },
 
         callbacks: function(){
             // Create msg callbacks for a comm msg.
             return this.model.callbacks(this);
         },
 
         render: function(){
             // Render the view.
             //
             // By default, this is only called the first time the view is created
         },
 
         show: function(){
             // Show the widget-area
             if (this.options && this.options.cell &&
                 this.options.cell.widget_area !== undefined) {
                 this.options.cell.widget_area.show();
             }
         },
 
         send: function (content) {
             // Send a custom msg associated with this view.
             this.model.send(content, this.callbacks());
         },
 
         touch: function () {
             this.model.save_changes(this.callbacks());
         },
 
         after_displayed: function (callback, context) {
             // Calls the callback right away is the view is already displayed
             // otherwise, register the callback to the 'displayed' event.
             if (this.is_displayed) {
                 callback.apply(context);
             } else {
                 this.on('displayed', callback, context);
             }
         },
     });
 
 
     var DOMWidgetView = WidgetView.extend({
         initialize: function (parameters) {
             // Public constructor
             DOMWidgetView.__super__.initialize.apply(this, [parameters]);
             this.on('displayed', this.show, this);
             this.model.on('change:visible', this.update_visible, this);
             this.model.on('change:_css', this.update_css, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:_dom_classes', function(model, new_classes) {
                 var old_classes = model.previous('_dom_classes');
                 this.update_classes(old_classes, new_classes);
             }, this);
 
-            this.model.on('change:fore_color', function (model, value) { 
+            this.model.on('change:color', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('color', value); }, this);
 
-            this.model.on('change:back_color', function (model, value) { 
+            this.model.on('change:background_color', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('background', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:width', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('width', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:height', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('height', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:border_color', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('border-color', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:border_width', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('border-width', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:border_style', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('border-style', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:font_style', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('font-style', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:font_weight', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('font-weight', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:font_size', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('font-size', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:font_family', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('font-family', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:padding', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('padding', value); }, this);
 
             this.model.on('change:margin', function (model, value) { 
                 this.update_attr('margin', value); }, this);
 
             this.after_displayed(function() {
                 this.update_visible(this.model, this.model.get("visible"));
                 this.update_css(this.model, this.model.get("_css"));
 
                 this.update_classes([], this.model.get('_dom_classes'));
-                this.update_attr('color', this.model.get('fore_color'));
-                this.update_attr('background', this.model.get('back_color'));
+                this.update_attr('color', this.model.get('color'));
+                this.update_attr('background', this.model.get('background_color'));
                 this.update_attr('width', this.model.get('width'));
                 this.update_attr('height', this.model.get('height'));
                 this.update_attr('border-color', this.model.get('border_color'));
                 this.update_attr('border-width', this.model.get('border_width'));
                 this.update_attr('border-style', this.model.get('border_style'));
                 this.update_attr('font-style', this.model.get('font_style'));
                 this.update_attr('font-weight', this.model.get('font_weight'));
                 this.update_attr('font-size', this.model.get('font_size'));
                 this.update_attr('font-family', this.model.get('font_family'));
                 this.update_attr('padding', this.model.get('padding'));
                 this.update_attr('margin', this.model.get('margin'));
             }, this);
         },
 
         update_attr: function(name, value) {
             // Set a css attr of the widget view.
             this.$el.css(name, value);
         },
 
         update_visible: function(model, value) {
             // Update visibility
             this.$el.toggle(value);
          },
 
         update_css: function (model, css) {
             // Update the css styling of this view.
             var e = this.$el;
             if (css === undefined) {return;}
             for (var i = 0; i < css.length; i++) {
                 // Apply the css traits to all elements that match the selector.
                 var selector = css[i][0];
                 var elements = this._get_selector_element(selector);
                 if (elements.length > 0) {
                     var trait_key = css[i][1];
                     var trait_value = css[i][2];
                     elements.css(trait_key ,trait_value);
                 }
             }
         },
 
         update_classes: function (old_classes, new_classes, $el) {
             // Update the DOM classes applied to an element, default to this.$el.
             if ($el===undefined) {
                 $el = this.$el;
             }
             this.do_diff(old_classes, new_classes, function(removed) {
                 $el.removeClass(removed);
             }, function(added) {
                 $el.addClass(added);
             });
         },
 
         update_mapped_classes: function(class_map, trait_name, previous_trait_value, $el) {
             // Update the DOM classes applied to the widget based on a single
             // trait's value.
             //
             // Given a trait value classes map, this function automatically
             // handles applying the appropriate classes to the widget element
             // and removing classes that are no longer valid.
             //
             // Parameters
             // ----------
             // class_map: dictionary
             //  Dictionary of trait values to class lists.
             //  Example:
             //      {
             //          success: ['alert', 'alert-success'],
             //          info: ['alert', 'alert-info'],
             //          warning: ['alert', 'alert-warning'],
             //          danger: ['alert', 'alert-danger']
             //      };
             // trait_name: string
             //  Name of the trait to check the value of.
             // previous_trait_value: optional string, default ''
             //  Last trait value
             // $el: optional jQuery element handle, defaults to this.$el
             //  Element that the classes are applied to.
             var key = previous_trait_value;
             if (key === undefined) {
                 key = this.model.previous(trait_name);
             }
             var old_classes = class_map[key] ? class_map[key] : [];
             key = this.model.get(trait_name);
             var new_classes = class_map[key] ? class_map[key] : [];
 
             this.update_classes(old_classes, new_classes, $el || this.$el);
         },
         
         _get_selector_element: function (selector) {
             // Get the elements via the css selector.
             var elements;
             if (!selector) {
                 elements = this.$el;
             } else {
                 elements = this.$el.find(selector).addBack(selector);
             }
             return elements;
         },
     });
 
     var widget = {
         'WidgetModel': WidgetModel,
         'WidgetView': WidgetView,
         'DOMWidgetView': DOMWidgetView,
     };
 
     // For backwards compatability.
     $.extend(IPython, widget);
 
     return widget;
 });

IPython/html/widgets/widget.py

@@ -1,427 +1,427 b''
 """Base Widget class.  Allows user to create widgets in the back-end that render
 in the IPython notebook front-end.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
 #
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 # The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import collections
 
 from IPython.core.getipython import get_ipython
 from IPython.kernel.comm import Comm
 from IPython.config import LoggingConfigurable
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Dict, Instance, Bool, List, \
     CaselessStrEnum, Tuple, CUnicode, Int, Set
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class CallbackDispatcher(LoggingConfigurable):
     """A structure for registering and running callbacks"""
     callbacks = List()
     
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Call all of the registered callbacks."""
         value = None
         for callback in self.callbacks:
             try:
                 local_value = callback(*args, **kwargs)
             except Exception as e:
                 ip = get_ipython()
                 if ip is None:
                     self.log.warn("Exception in callback %s: %s", callback, e, exc_info=True)
                 else:
                     ip.showtraceback()
             else:
                 value = local_value if local_value is not None else value
         return value
 
     def register_callback(self, callback, remove=False):
         """(Un)Register a callback
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         callback: method handle
             Method to be registered or unregistered.
         remove=False: bool
             Whether to unregister the callback."""
         
         # (Un)Register the callback.
         if remove and callback in self.callbacks:
             self.callbacks.remove(callback)
         elif not remove and callback not in self.callbacks:
             self.callbacks.append(callback)
 
 def _show_traceback(method):
     """decorator for showing tracebacks in IPython"""
     def m(self, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
             return(method(self, *args, **kwargs))
         except Exception as e:
             ip = get_ipython()
             if ip is None:
                 self.log.warn("Exception in widget method %s: %s", method, e, exc_info=True)
             else:
                 ip.showtraceback()
     return m
 
 class Widget(LoggingConfigurable):
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Class attributes
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     _widget_construction_callback = None
     widgets = {}
 
     @staticmethod
     def on_widget_constructed(callback):
         """Registers a callback to be called when a widget is constructed.
 
         The callback must have the following signature:
         callback(widget)"""
         Widget._widget_construction_callback = callback
 
     @staticmethod
     def _call_widget_constructed(widget):
         """Static method, called when a widget is constructed."""
         if Widget._widget_construction_callback is not None and callable(Widget._widget_construction_callback):
             Widget._widget_construction_callback(widget)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Traits
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     _model_name = Unicode('WidgetModel', help="""Name of the backbone model 
         registered in the front-end to create and sync this widget with.""")
     _view_name = Unicode('WidgetView', help="""Default view registered in the front-end
         to use to represent the widget.""", sync=True)
     comm = Instance('IPython.kernel.comm.Comm')
     
     msg_throttle = Int(3, sync=True, help="""Maximum number of msgs the 
         front-end can send before receiving an idle msg from the back-end.""")
     
     keys = List()
     def _keys_default(self):
         return [name for name in self.traits(sync=True)]
     
     _property_lock = Tuple((None, None))
     _send_state_lock = Int(0)
     _states_to_send = Set(allow_none=False)
     _display_callbacks = Instance(CallbackDispatcher, ())
     _msg_callbacks = Instance(CallbackDispatcher, ())
     
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # (Con/de)structor
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         """Public constructor"""
         self._model_id = kwargs.pop('model_id', None)
         super(Widget, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
         self.on_trait_change(self._handle_property_changed, self.keys)
         Widget._call_widget_constructed(self)
         self.open()
 
     def __del__(self):
         """Object disposal"""
         self.close()
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Properties
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def open(self):
         """Open a comm to the frontend if one isn't already open."""
         if self.comm is None:
             if self._model_id is None:
                 self.comm = Comm(target_name=self._model_name)
                 self._model_id = self.model_id
             else:
                 self.comm = Comm(target_name=self._model_name, comm_id=self._model_id)
             self.comm.on_msg(self._handle_msg)
             Widget.widgets[self.model_id] = self
 
             # first update
             self.send_state()
 
     @property
     def model_id(self):
         """Gets the model id of this widget.
 
         If a Comm doesn't exist yet, a Comm will be created automagically."""
         return self.comm.comm_id
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Methods
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def close(self):
         """Close method.
 
         Closes the underlying comm.
         When the comm is closed, all of the widget views are automatically
         removed from the front-end."""
         if self.comm is not None:
             Widget.widgets.pop(self.model_id, None)
             self.comm.close()
             self.comm = None
     
     def send_state(self, key=None):
         """Sends the widget state, or a piece of it, to the front-end.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         key : unicode, or iterable (optional)
             A single property's name or iterable of property names to sync with the front-end.
         """
         self._send({
             "method" : "update",
             "state"  : self.get_state(key=key)
         })
 
     def get_state(self, key=None):
         """Gets the widget state, or a piece of it.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         key : unicode or iterable (optional)
             A single property's name or iterable of property names to get.
         """
         if key is None:
             keys = self.keys
         elif isinstance(key, string_types):
             keys = [key]
         elif isinstance(key, collections.Iterable):
             keys = key
         else:
             raise ValueError("key must be a string, an iterable of keys, or None")
         state = {}
         for k in keys:
             f = self.trait_metadata(k, 'to_json', self._trait_to_json)
             value = getattr(self, k)
             state[k] = f(value)
         return state
     
     def send(self, content):
         """Sends a custom msg to the widget model in the front-end.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         content : dict
             Content of the message to send.
         """
         self._send({"method": "custom", "content": content})
 
     def on_msg(self, callback, remove=False):
         """(Un)Register a custom msg receive callback.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         callback: callable
             callback will be passed two arguments when a message arrives::
             
                 callback(widget, content)
             
         remove: bool
             True if the callback should be unregistered."""
         self._msg_callbacks.register_callback(callback, remove=remove)
 
     def on_displayed(self, callback, remove=False):
         """(Un)Register a widget displayed callback.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         callback: method handler
             Must have a signature of::
             
                 callback(widget, **kwargs)
             
             kwargs from display are passed through without modification.
         remove: bool
             True if the callback should be unregistered."""
         self._display_callbacks.register_callback(callback, remove=remove)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Support methods
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     @contextmanager
     def _lock_property(self, key, value):
         """Lock a property-value pair.
 
         The value should be the JSON state of the property.
 
         NOTE: This, in addition to the single lock for all state changes, is 
         flawed.  In the future we may want to look into buffering state changes 
         back to the front-end."""
         self._property_lock = (key, value)
         try:
             yield
         finally:
             self._property_lock = (None, None)
 
     @contextmanager
     def hold_sync(self):
         """Hold syncing any state until the context manager is released"""
         # We increment a value so that this can be nested.  Syncing will happen when
         # all levels have been released.
         self._send_state_lock += 1
         try:
             yield
         finally:
             self._send_state_lock -=1
             if self._send_state_lock == 0:
                 self.send_state(self._states_to_send)
                 self._states_to_send.clear()
 
     def _should_send_property(self, key, value):
         """Check the property lock (property_lock)"""
         to_json = self.trait_metadata(key, 'to_json', self._trait_to_json)
         if (key == self._property_lock[0]
             and to_json(value) == self._property_lock[1]):
             return False
         elif self._send_state_lock > 0:
             self._states_to_send.add(key)
             return False
         else:
             return True
     
     # Event handlers
     @_show_traceback
     def _handle_msg(self, msg):
         """Called when a msg is received from the front-end"""
         data = msg['content']['data']
         method = data['method']
         if not method in ['backbone', 'custom']:
             self.log.error('Unknown front-end to back-end widget msg with method "%s"' % method)
 
         # Handle backbone sync methods CREATE, PATCH, and UPDATE all in one.
         if method == 'backbone' and 'sync_data' in data:
             sync_data = data['sync_data']
             self._handle_receive_state(sync_data) # handles all methods
 
         # Handle a custom msg from the front-end
         elif method == 'custom':
             if 'content' in data:
                 self._handle_custom_msg(data['content'])
 
     def _handle_receive_state(self, sync_data):
         """Called when a state is received from the front-end."""
         for name in self.keys:
             if name in sync_data:
                 json_value = sync_data[name]
                 from_json = self.trait_metadata(name, 'from_json', self._trait_from_json)
                 with self._lock_property(name, json_value):
                     setattr(self, name, from_json(json_value))
 
     def _handle_custom_msg(self, content):
         """Called when a custom msg is received."""
         self._msg_callbacks(self, content)
 
     def _handle_property_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """Called when a property has been changed."""
         # Make sure this isn't information that the front-end just sent us.
         if self._should_send_property(name, new):
             # Send new state to front-end
             self.send_state(key=name)
 
     def _handle_displayed(self, **kwargs):
         """Called when a view has been displayed for this widget instance"""
         self._display_callbacks(self, **kwargs)
 
     def _trait_to_json(self, x):
         """Convert a trait value to json
 
         Traverse lists/tuples and dicts and serialize their values as well.
         Replace any widgets with their model_id
         """
         if isinstance(x, dict):
             return {k: self._trait_to_json(v) for k, v in x.items()}
         elif isinstance(x, (list, tuple)):
             return [self._trait_to_json(v) for v in x]
         elif isinstance(x, Widget):
             return "IPY_MODEL_" + x.model_id
         else:
             return x # Value must be JSON-able
 
     def _trait_from_json(self, x):
         """Convert json values to objects
 
         Replace any strings representing valid model id values to Widget references.
         """
         if isinstance(x, dict):
             return {k: self._trait_from_json(v) for k, v in x.items()}
         elif isinstance(x, (list, tuple)):
             return [self._trait_from_json(v) for v in x]
         elif isinstance(x, string_types) and x.startswith('IPY_MODEL_') and x[10:] in Widget.widgets:
             # we want to support having child widgets at any level in a hierarchy
             # trusting that a widget UUID will not appear out in the wild
             return Widget.widgets[x]
         else:
             return x
 
     def _ipython_display_(self, **kwargs):
         """Called when `IPython.display.display` is called on the widget."""
         # Show view.  By sending a display message, the comm is opened and the
         # initial state is sent.
         self._send({"method": "display"})
         self._handle_displayed(**kwargs)
 
     def _send(self, msg):
         """Sends a message to the model in the front-end."""
         self.comm.send(msg)
 
 
 class DOMWidget(Widget):
     visible = Bool(True, help="Whether the widget is visible.", sync=True)
     _css = Tuple(sync=True, help="CSS property list: (selector, key, value)")
     _dom_classes = Tuple(sync=True, help="DOM classes applied to widget.$el.")
     
     width = CUnicode(sync=True)
     height = CUnicode(sync=True)
     padding = CUnicode(sync=True)
     margin = CUnicode(sync=True)
 
-    fore_color = Unicode(sync=True)
-    back_color = Unicode(sync=True)
+    color = Unicode(sync=True)
+    background_color = Unicode(sync=True)
     border_color = Unicode(sync=True)
 
     border_width = CUnicode(sync=True)
     border_style = CaselessStrEnum(values=[ # http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-style.asp
         'none', 
         'hidden', 
         'dotted', 
         'dashed', 
         'solid', 
         'double', 
         'groove', 
         'ridge', 
         'inset', 
         'outset', 
         'initial', 
         'inherit', ''],
         default_value='', sync=True)
 
     font_style = CaselessStrEnum(values=[ # http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_font_font-style.asp
         'normal', 
         'italic', 
         'oblique', 
         'initial', 
         'inherit', ''], 
         default_value='', sync=True)
     font_weight = CaselessStrEnum(values=[ # http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_font_weight.asp
         'normal', 
         'bold', 
         'bolder', 
         'lighter',
         'initial', 
         'inherit', ''] + [str(100 * (i+1)) for i in range(9)], 
         default_value='', sync=True)
     font_size = CUnicode(sync=True)
     font_family = Unicode(sync=True)