Re: set custom entry background?

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:

> Hi;
>
> On 15 November 2015 at 19:32, Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu> wrote:
> > I'm trying to set a custom background for a GtkEntry (as a temporary thing,
> > by way of an alert for invalid input). I can do that fine for gtk 2 using
> > gtk_widget_modify_base(), but am struggling with gtk 3.
>
> Use:
>
>  gtk_style_context_add_class (gtk_widget_get_style_context (entry),
> GTK_STYLE_CLASS_ERROR);
>
> Themes will usually honour this style class for entries, and will set
> a red "glow" around it.

Thanks, I like that approach; nice and concise.

Allin Cottrell