Re: [Feature Request] Implement GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT for GtkNotebook and others (re: Theme Styles)

[Tim Evans <t evans aranz com>]

Ryan McDougall wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 	Im still learning GTK, et al. in my spare time, so please be patient
> with me if Ive totally missed something. ;)
>
> 	I am playing around with GTK themes, and I have some UI ideas that I
> would like to implement -- specifically visual feedback to the user
> based on "mouse-over" events. I can use the PRELIGHT state in RC files
> to accomplish what I want for buttons, menu items, panes, ...; but I
> would like to extend this behaviour to all click-able widgets
> (specifically GtkNotebook). I have no problem writing my own theme
> engine to accomplish this, but it is my understanding that the relevant
> widgets must be changes to recognize "mouse-over" events at the GTK
> level first.
>
> 	Please comment on this request. If implementation is trivial, point me
> where, and I will do it myself. If non-trivial I would need some
> direction first.
>
> Cheers,
> Ryan

Well, I personally like the idea, but I have no say in anything in GTK. 
 WinXP has prelight on notebook tabs, so to make something look more 
like WinXP this change would be required.  I think that everything you 
would need is in gtk+/gtk/gtknotebook.c.  I would guess that it won't be 
completely trivial, but nothing worthwhile is :-).  That said, the GTK 
code is generally very well written and so easy to understand.

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Tim Evans
Applied Research Associates NZ
http://www.aranz.com/