Re: Unable to make a color change

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

MC_Vai <estoy ver megared net mx> writes:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> /* file1.c */
> GtkWidget     *eb, *label;
>
> eb = gtk_event_box_new();
> ...
> label = gtk_label_new( whatever );
> ...
> gtk_container_add( GTK_CONTAINER(eb), label );
> ...
> set_display_style( label->parent, label );
>
> /* file2.c */
> void
> set_display_style( GtkWidget    *bgwidget,
>                    GtkWidget    *label )
> {
>       GtkRcStyle      *display_rcstyle;
>       GdkColor        black_color;
>       GdkColormap     *colormap;
>
>       colormap = gdk_window_get_colormap( win );
>       gdk_colormap_ref( colormap );
>       black_color.red = black_color.green = black_color.blue = 0;
>       gdk_color_alloc( colormap, &black_color );
>       gtk_colormap_unref( colormap );

You don't need to fool with colormaps, the colors in a GtkRcStyle
don't have to be allocated. This shouldn't keep things from working
though.

>       display_rcstyle = gtk_rc_style_new();
>       display_rcstyle->bg[GTK_STATE_NORMAL] = black_color;
>       display_rcstyle->color_flags[GTK_STATE_NORMAL] |= GTK_RC_BG;
>
>       gtk_widget_modify_style( bgwidget, display_rcstyle );
>       gtk_rc_style_unref( display_rcstyle );
> }
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>       But is not working... (the color shown is the same of my
>       desktop's theme).

Maybe your theme is a pixmap theme? That would cover up the
background.

I don't see the mistake in your code, but I may be missing something.

Havoc