Re: symbolic SVG *not* as an icon?

[Mz <mengzhuo1203 gmail com>]

> Hi all,
> I've got a .svg file that I'm using as a background of a St.Button via:
> .my-button {
>     background: url('background.svg');
> }

I think you need to rewrite it:

.my-button {
    background: url('background.svg');
    background-size: contain;
    width:140px; /*(only in pixel)*/
    height:174px;
}

> The SVG has some white bits in it. What I'd like is to be able to do:
> .my-button:toggled {
>     color: blue;
> }

you need to re-design that svg, or just change to a svg that is blue.

> And when I apply the 'toggled' style to the button, I'd like the white
> bit of the SVG to turn blue. Like symbolic icons in the status area.
> How do I do this? I instantiate the button via:
> button = new St.Button({ style_class: 'my-button'});
> which applies the background image. However, using `color:blue;`
> doesn't turn the white bit blue.
> Do I need to:
> - somehow modify the SVG to make it know which colour should be changed
> - do something else on the code side to say "this is a symbolic SVG"
> (do I set it as an icon or something instead of putting it in the CSS
> background property? Wasn't there some problem on this list a while
> ago with not being able to set symbolic icons that are local?)
> If it helps, the SVG is close-window.svg (the close button on windows
> in the overview), but I modified it in Inkscape to remove the 'X' (and
> I am drawing the symbol in by setting my St.Button's label property).
> The white border around it is what I want to change colour.
> cheers!