Re: dynamically changing color of labels and edit boxes

[Gian Mario Tagliaretti <g tagliaretti gmail com>]

2005/8/17, Faria, Sydney C <sydney faria pw utc com>:
> Is there a way to change the color of the text displayed in an edit box
> after the text has been put into the edit box?  I have a need to do range
> checking on edit box entries and would like to change the text color to red
> if the value entered is out of range.  I have a similar need to do this with
> labels, and have done this of using a Pango markup: is there an easier way?

you can use gdk_color_parse
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gdk/gdk-Colormaps-and-Colors.html#gdk-color-parse

and then gtk_widget_modify_fg on the label
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/GtkWidget.html#gtk-widget-modify-fg

hope it helps
cheers
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Gian Mario Tagliaretti
PyGTK GUI programming
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