EventBox problem

[Stefan Jeske <jeske braunschweig netsurf de>]

Hi !

I'd like to create a multi-column listbox with each list item containing
several left- or right-justified labels (all of them in a big hbox).
I need clipping, so I guess that EventBoxes have to be used. (?)

But if I put each label into an EventBox, the whole list looks quite ugly
because the background of all EventBoxes (or labels ?) is painted grey...

How can I change the color, or is there a much better (and especially
faster) way to create multi-column clipping listboxes (with fewer X 
windows) ? There will be a few hundred items in the list, and it's
already quite slow... :-|

This is my code to create the list items :

    li = gtk_list_item_new (); 
    hbox = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, 0); 

    event_box = gtk_event_box_new ();
    label = gtk_label_new (some_string); 
    gtk_label_set_justify (GTK_LABEL(label), GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT);
    gtk_widget_set_usize (label, some_length, 0);
    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER(event_box), label);
    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (hbox), event_box, FALSE, FALSE, 2);
    gtk_widget_show (label); 
    gtk_widget_show (event_box);

    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (li), hbox); 
    gtk_widget_show (hbox); 
    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (list), li); 
    gtk_widget_show (li); 


Ciao,
  Stefan