Re: how to set the font in a menu item

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

erik@netscape.com (Erik van der Poel) writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to programmatically set the font of a menu item. I tried the
> following code:
> 
>   gtk_widget_ensure_style(mMenuItem);
>   GtkStyle* style = gtk_style_copy(mMenuItem->style);
>   gdk_font_unref (style->font);
>   GdkFont* font = gdk_font_load("fixed");
>   style->font = font;
>   gdk_font_ref(style->font);
>   gtk_widget_set_style(mMenuItem, style);
>   gtk_style_unref(style);
> 
> But it doesn't work.

The problem (I think) is that you are setting the font
on the MenuItem, not on the label that the MenuItem
contains.

The label is accessible as GTK_BIN (menuitem)->child.

Regards,
                                        Owen