Re: Accessible Labels

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

Billy Biggs wrote:
>   I'm working on an application which sometimes uses non-editable
> GtkTextView widgets in place of GtkLabel to better accomodate screen
> readers.  Unfortunately, this breaks on themes with a background pixmap,
> as you end up with "labels" that have a flat colour background.
...

>   On themes with a background pixmap, there is a (usually gray) box
> below the entry.  Another disadvantage of this technique is that the
> entry can get keyboard focus, which sometimes seems strange.

Maybe you could pack a GtkStatusbar to the bottom of the dialog.