Re: Changing background color of check / radio buttons

[Tim Evans <t evans aranz com>]

Soeren Sandmann wrote:
> Peter Krueger <pkrueger appss de> writes:
>
> > I'm wondering why the background for these states behaves so different. I
> > can get this filled background color in state NORMAL too (like
> > the toggle button has) when I put my check and radio buttons inside event
> > boxes and set those background color.
>
>
> The reason is that check and radio buttons don't actually have a
> background.  Instead they paint directly on top of the window of their
> parent widget.

Therefor, to change the background colour you should put the button into 
a GtkEventBox (which does have a background) and then set the background 
colour of both the button and the eventbox for each state.

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Tim Evans
Applied Research Associates NZ
http://www.aranz.com/