Re: images inside labels

[Stefan Kost <ensonic hora-obscura de>]

hi,

you need to put in an event box first. the tab has no window.

eventbox(hbox(icon,label))

Stefan

devel wrote:
> Well, I have tried placing an image and a label inside an hbox, but no
> such luck. For some reason, the notebook's tab label is not showing
> the hbox. Its not showing anything, not even the page number. Very
> certain I am packing what and where I need to. Little stumped. Thanks.
>
> gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX (hbox), icon, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
> gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX (hbox), label, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
> gtk_notebook_append_page(GTK_NOTEBOOK (notebook), scroll, hbox);
>
>
> Travis
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "devel" <devel oberonwireless com>
> To: "Tristan Van Berkom" <tvb gnome org>
> Cc: "GTK" <gtk-app-devel-list gnome org>
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: images inside labels
>
>
> > To answer your question, the latter of what you mentioned. I just
> > need a small icon/image next to a one-word blurb on the tab. So the
> > 1st idea you mentioned sounds reasonable enough.
> >
> > Good thing I'm not a betting man, eh?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Travis
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tristan Van Berkom" <tvb gnome org>
> > To: "devel" <devel oberonwireless com>
> > Cc: "GTK" <gtk-app-devel-list gnome org>
> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 12:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: images inside labels
> >
> >
> > > devel wrote:
> > > > I have a gtknotebook that I would like to put small images inside
> > > > the tab labels. I've looked around, but haven't seen how to do
> > > > that. I am willing to bet that it can't be done, but I'll just ask
> > > > as a last resort. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Hmmm how much you wanna bet ?
> > >
> > > heh, so do you want images as a background of the label
> > > or do you want images beside the labels in the notebook ?
> > >
> > > You can:
> > >    o Create a hbox and add an Image and a Label to it, then call
> > >      gtk_notebook_set_tab_label (if thats what the function is called)
> > >      with the hbox as an argument (you can use anything as a
> > > tab-label).
> > >
> > >    o If you want the label to draw onto an image, you'll have to dig
> > >      a little deeper; you need to use the theme engine to associate
> > >      a graphic file with the background of the label (or its parent
> > >      widget), you could do this via a gtkrc file also but I think
> > >      you'll want it to be theme independant.
> > >
> > >      This func: gtk_widget_modify_style () should be a good lead on
> > >      how to do that :)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >                  -Tristan
>
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