Re: Chage colour on a Gtk::Frame

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Nickolai Dobrynin wrote:
> Steven,
>
> Since Gtk::Frame derives from Gtk::Bin, it doesn't have an ability to 
> receive X events (of which setting the bg color
> is a special case) on its own.  To see this, look at the 
> gtk_bin_init(..) function.  The following line is of interest: 
> GTK_WIDGET_SET_FLAGS(bin, GTK_NO_WINDOW).
>
> Thus, the only option you have is to create an X event processing 
> widget by hand and put your Gtk::Frame
> inside that widget, e.g.
>
> Gtk::EventBox eventBox;
> eventBox.add(yourGtkFrame);
> eventBox.modify_bg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, color);
>
> I do agree this is confusing as hell because you would normally expect 
> the widget to have its own window
> unless it's a descendant of Gtk::Misc.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Nickolai
Thank you both for your answers.

It's really helpful to know this, as I just assumed [incorrectly] that 
any widget could receive colour orders, as I didn't think of them as X 
events. As it happens, I have been using an EventBox to capture mouse 
clicks for the Frame, so it's all working. =]

Cheers.

~ Steven