[pygtk] Problem with RadioButton: BACKGROUND COLOR SETTING IGNORED?

[Darren Enns]

Frédéric wrote:
> On jeudi 09 octobre 2008, Darren Enns wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello!
>>
>> My normal 'Button' buttons (and now 'ToggleButtons') honor my background
>> color requests just fine (i.e. gtk.STATE_NORMAL, gtk.STATE_ACTIVE,
>> gtk.STATE_PRELIGHT), but now that I have finally learned how to use
>> 'RadioButton' buttons in my code, the background color setting is being
>> ignored!  Am I going crazy?  All of my other buttons are set
>> intentionally to a solid 'black' background, and the 'RadioButton'
>> buttons stand out since they have a light gray background.
>>
>> I thought I would also try gtk.STATE_INSENSITIVE and gtk.STATE_SELECTED,
>> but those don't (apparently) make any difference either.
>>
>> Can anyone shed light on what I may be missing?
>>     
>
> What method do you use to set the background ? modify_bg() ? Also try to 
> use modify_base(). See:
>
>     http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.016.htp
>
>   
Thanks for responding!  Actually, I ran across the obscure page that you 
mentioned a few minutes after posting my question.  The technique 
described at the *bottom* of the page is a step in the right direction 
(despite how convoluted it is).  It *does* allow me to set the 
background color of the RadioButton:

eb.modify_bg(gtk.STATE_NORMAL, gtk.gdk.color_parse("gray"))

However, it does NOT seem to allow me to sent the foreground (text 
label) color, which appears to default to 'black'.  So, my desire to 
have a black background with non-black text is thwarted.  Strangely, the 
'old' technique that I was using can set the foreground color of 
RadioButtons, but not background colors:

button_label.modify_fg(gtk.STATE_NORMAL, gtk.gdk.color_parse("red"))

I would imagine that *somebody* out there has written PyGTK apps with 
RadioButtons, and opted not to use the default colors?

Dare

Dare