Re: [gtk-list] Re: help with text window

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

rhfreeman <rhfreeman@micron.com> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> > The lines between the rows of a CList (which sounds like what
> > you are talking about) are drawn in the color base[ACTIVE].
> 
> Whats the method for doing this within the program then? I currently use
> this method....
> 
> **
> 
> style=gtk_style_new();
> 
> if (bow==0)
> {
>   style->base[GTK_STATE_NORMAL]=window->style->white;
>   style->fg[GTK_STATE_NORMAL]=window->style->black;
> }
> else
> {
>   style->fg[GTK_STATE_NORMAL]=window->style->white;
>   style->base[GTK_STATE_NORMAL]=window->style->black;
> }
> 
> for ( indx=0 ; indx < points ; indx++ )
> {
>   p[0]=gp[indx].l;
>   gtk_clist_insert( (GtkCList *) clist, indx, p);
>   gtk_clist_set_row_style(GTK_CLIST(clist), indx, style);
> }
> 
> ***
> 
> Basically it sets the clist entries to black or white (bow). If black is
> wanted, then bow==1. Then I have go through each entry I add to the list and
> alter its style.
> 
> I get the same white stripes in the background when it is set to black - how
> do you get round this?

I don't think you can; the problem is that the color for the
stripes comes from the overall CList style instead of the row
style. 

Maybe the best you can do is to set the bg[GTK_STATE_ACTIVE]
for the list to be a neutral color like gray.

                                        Owen