Re: gtk+-1.2.5 breaks stuff? tooltips colors again...[SOLVED]

[Thomas Niederreiter <hor ork rz fh-muenchen de>]

On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:04:13AM +0200, Thomas Niederreiter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just updated to GTK+1.2.5 and found that there are several new
> assertions that fail in my app (which worked flawlessly up to gtk-1.2.4).
> So..I guess I did some things different as the developers of gtk
> expected and it was pure luck that the code works until now...
> Nevertheless... I does not work any longer and I have no clue why.
> 
> The most annoying part here is, that my code that sets the color
> of a tooltip (a FAQ which never made it into the FAQ..) now segfaults..
> 
> Here is the code sniplet (worked up to 1.2.4 fine):
> 
> #define TOOLTIPCOL "light yellow"
> 
> void define_tooltip(GtkWidget *widget, gchar *ttext) {
> GtkTooltips *tip;
> GdkColor bg;
> GtkStyle *style;
> 
>         tip = gtk_tooltips_new();
>         gtk_tooltips_set_tip(tip,widget,ttext,NULL);

	/* here is the thing that makes it work again */
	gtk_tooltips_force_window(tip);

> 
>         /* set tip color (yellow) */
>         gdk_color_parse(TOOLTIPCOL,&bg);
>         gdk_color_alloc(gtk_widget_get_colormap(tip->tip_window),&bg);
>         style = gtk_style_copy(gtk_widget_get_style(tip->tip_window));
>         style->bg[GTK_STATE_NORMAL] = bg;
>         gtk_widget_set_style(tip->tip_window, style);
> }
> 
Inserting this single line and tooltip colors work fine.
I really hope somebody of the faq-maintainers are putting this in
the FAQ, because it seems a lot of people want to know how to change
the tooltip colors. 
Thanx to Antonio M. Corbi Bello for providing me with this hint.

Thomas
 
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