Re: [gtk-list] Re: pixmap engine question

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Paul Barton-Davis <pbd@op.net> writes:

> >I did something like what you say (if i understood you correctly)
> >you must (ok it's not like you must, but I didn't find a simpler way)
> >use GdkImlibImage *object...
> >you do something like this :
> 
>   [ ... example elided ... ]
> 
> thanks, except that this doesn't really do what I want. This puts the
> pixmap *inside* the existing button drawing, and changes to the button
> state still result in visible changes to the button frame and,
> notably, *not* the pixmap. An easier way than the example you gave is
> just to specify a bg_pixmap in the style file, but this too leaves the
> existing button "frame" and "shadow" in effect, which is not what I
> want. I want the entire image of the button to be provided by my
> pixmap(s), with the correct pixmap for the current button state.
> 
> i already have my own Gtk_PixmapButton for Gtk-- which does this; i
> was just hoping to get back on track and use the Pixmap engine as an
> alternative for this. it appears to me that it can't be used this way.

It's not mean for that - it's meant to replace the bevels,
not draw entire buttons.

You could look up the sizes of your images in some other way and
set_usize on the button the your desired sized, but that sounds rather
overcomplicated.

In any case, you probably don't want to depend on your users
having particular theme engines installed.

Regards,
                                        Owen