Re: Question about GtkTypeInfo

[Juan Pablo Romero <jpablo netservice com mx>]

Yes, only this morning I realized this (while reading the sources of the
metal theme).

Thanks, really.

    Juan Pablo


Owen Taylor wrote:

> Juan Pablo Romero <jpablo@netservice.com.mx> writes:
>
> > I am trying to set the button's shadow of the combo widget to
> > GTK_SHADOW_NONE, but I think the only place one can do that is in
> > 'gtk_combo_init' :(
>
> I don't understand why you would need to do this.
>
> How the shadow is drawn is completely a function
> of your draw_shadow() function. Your draw_shadow()
> function can do:
>
>  if (widget && widget->parent && GTK_IS_COMBO (widget->parent))
>    shadow_type == GTK_SHADOW_NONE;
>
> Not exactly pretty, but certainly prettier
> than modifying the GtkCombo class.
>
> People have resorted to some pretty bad hacks to
> achieve effects in themes that aren't possible
> otherwise, but you don't need to do that here.
>
> Regards,
>                                         Owen