[gtk-list] Re: Perl/Gtk Questions

["Putzar, Robin" <rputzar SECTOR DE>]

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> Von: 	ggt@netspace.net.au[SMTP:ggt@netspace.net.au]
> Gesendet: 	Donnerstag, 17. September 1998 14:20
> An: 	gtk-list@redhat.com
> Betreff: 	[gtk-list] Perl/Gtk Questions
> 
> 1) How do you set the background color of the Tooltips widget?
> 
There was a posting on the gtk-app-devel-list. It was for C, but it may
help you:

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> Von: 	Ralf Doering[SMTP:Ralf.Doering@Prakinf.TU-Ilmenau.DE]
> Gesendet: 	Montag, 14. September 1998 16:16
> An: 	gtk-app-devel-list@redhat.com
> 
> Hello
> 
> > I'm writing a little project using GTK.
> > Now I want to use the Tooltips widget on a Button.
> > Everything works fine, except one:
> > I can't change the color of the tooltip.
> > I want to have a wonderfull yellow instead of
> > that ugly grey which is default.
> > I looked into the Tutorial, but there wasn't any help.
> > Then I looked into the GIMP source. 
> > This really confused me so I decided to mail to this
> > List .
> 
> I hacked the same thing some time ago ...
> Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but it works.
> 
> --------------- CODE --------------------
> 
> GtkTooltips* create_yellow_tooltips(){
>         GdkColor *t_fore,*t_back;
>         GtkTooltips * tip;
> 
>         t_fore=(GdkColor*)g_malloc( sizeof(GdkColor));
>         t_back=(GdkColor*)g_malloc( sizeof(GdkColor));
>         /* First create a default Tooltip */
>         tip = gtk_tooltips_new();
> 
>         /* Try to get the colors */
>         if ( gdk_color_parse("Yellow",t_back)){
>                 g_print("Parsed Yellow.\n");
>                 if(
> gdk_color_alloc(gdk_colormap_get_system(),t_back)){
>                         g_print("Yellow allocated.\n");
> 
> gdk_color_black(gdk_colormap_get_system(),t_fore);
>                         gtk_tooltips_set_colors(tip,t_back,t_fore);
>                 }else
>                         g_print("Can not allocate Color
> \"Yellow\".\n");
> 
>         }else
>                 g_print("Cannot parse Color-Spec.\n");
>         return tip;
> 
> }
> 
> ------------------ END_CODE ---------------------------
> 
> Ralf