Re: [gtk-list] How to colour an entry widget?

[Mario Motta <mmotta guest net>]

On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Ted Lemon wrote:
>I'd like to make some of my entry widgets different colours, so that
>they'll stand out.   I've found that if I try to do the following to
>set the style, it sets the colour of the border, not of the actual
>widget:
>
> 	  gtk_widget_set_style (GTK_WIDGET (GTK_EDITABLE (es -> widget)),
>				style);
>
>Can anybody clue me in on why this is doing the wrong thing?
>
>			       _MelloN_
>
if you mean th entry bg color, here what i did:
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GtkWidget   *text_field; 
//.....
GdkColor     color_black; 
GdkColormap *cmap; 
color_black.red   = 0; 
color_black.green = 0; 
color_black.blue  = 0; 
cmap = gdk_colormap_get_system (); 
gdk_color_alloc(cmap, &color_black) 
if(!GTK_WIDGET_REALIZED(text_field))   
   gtk_widget_realize(text_field)
gdk_window_set_background (GTK_TEXT (text_field)->text_area, &color_black); 
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(this topic was already answered few days ago).
hope this help.
friendly
Mario Motta
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