[pygtk] Color a ToggleButton

[John Finlay]

E.R. Uber wrote:
> I agree, it works fine on my Fedora 11 box as well, but not under 
> Windows XP SP3.
>
> So do you think this is impossible under XP or that more effort is 
> required??
>
> Thanks
> E.R. Uber
>
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:26 AM, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com 
> <mailto:finlay at moeraki.com>> wrote:
>
>     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>
>         <mailto: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>>
>              
>          <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>>
>              
>          <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
>
>
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John