[pygtk] Color a ToggleButton

[John Finlay]

E.R. Uber wrote:
> As in?
>
>             widget.modify_bg(gtk.STATE_NORMAL, color_off)
> and 
>             widget.modify_bg(gtk.STATE_ACTIVE, color_on)
>
> That doesn't work either.
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 7:41 PM, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com 
> <mailto:finlay at moeraki.com>> wrote:
>
>     E.R. Uber wrote:
>
>         After reading PyGTK FAQ 4.6 at
>         http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.006.htp
>         <http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.006.htp>
>         <http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.006.htp
>         <http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.006.htp>> I
>         thought perhaps I could change the color of a ToggleButton by
>         copying its style, updating the style, and setting the style.
>         This did not work.
>
>         Then reading PyGTK FAQ 4.16 at
>         http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.016.htp
>         <http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.016.htp>
>         <http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.016.htp
>         <http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.016.htp>>
>         it mentions that gtk.Button (and I assume gtk.ToggleButton)
>         are windowless widgets that do not allow changing their
>         background and base color unless you insert them into an
>         EventBox.
>
>
>         Using a parent EventBox succeeds in changing the color of the
>         event box, but not the child ToggleButton, the button just
>         appears to be surrounded by the color change of the event box.
>         I tried the same with a Button and it works the same way.
>
>         I am using pygtk 2.12.1, gtk 2.16.4,  glade 3.6.7, and python
>         2.6 on both windows and fedora core 9. I have only tried this
>         to date on windows though.
>
>     You don't need the EventBox just use toggle.modify_bg() with the
>     appropriate state and color. Note in your example you need to set
>     STATE_NORMAL and STATE_ACTIVE to have different colors for the
>     active and inactive states.
>
>     John
>
>
Works fine on ubuntu 9.04 (Python 2.6.2, PyGTK 2.14.1 (Gtk+ 2.16.1)) and 
Fedora 10.21 (Python 2.5.2, PyGTK 2.13.0 (Gtk+ 2.14.7)). Maybe Windows 
overrides the change. Note the color change isn't visible when the 
cursor is over the button because it is in the prelight state.

John