Re: Gtk::Entry justification

[Jonathan Irwin <jmi25 cam ac uk>]

Jeff Hornsberger wrote:
> Ok, thanks. That sounds good and I don't even need the Gtk::EventBox
> because it's just the display for a calculator - you can't edit the display
> directly. The reason I was using the Gtk::Entry was so that the background
> would be a different colour and the display would be easy to read. Is there
> any way to set the background and foreground colour in a Gtk::Label? What
> about perhaps setting the text in there to be bold or some other font? What
> widget can I use to get all or some of these features? Thanks. -Jeff

The trick I usually use is to put the GtkLabel into a GtkFrame with no
label (use NULL) and call gtk_frame_set_shadow_type() to set the
shadow to GTK_SHADOW_IN.  This should give a reasonable result,
although if you want a white background you'll need to mess with
GtkStyle or GtkRcStyle.

Hope this helps
Jonathan