Re: Ideal way to create toolbar (with pic)

[John Cupitt <john cupitt ng-london org uk>]

Hi Ray,

Raymond Wan wrote:
> 	I'm trying to create a toolbar button as follows:
>
>   iconw = gtk_image_new_from_file ("next.xpm");
>   toolbar_button = gtk_toolbar_append_item (GTK_TOOLBAR (toolbar), NULL,
> "Go to next", NULL, iconw, GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (showNext), GINT_TO_POINTER
> (curr));
>
> 	An obvious problem with this is that the .xpm file is assumed to
> be in the current directory.  I could put an absolute path, but ideally,
> I'd like to add the picture into the code.  The GTK docs present many
> choices to choose from when creating toolbar buttons.  Could someone
> recommend to me what is the ideal method for creating toolbars?

I think the ideal way is to make a new themeable stock item (with your pic set as the default), and then use gtk_toolbar_insert_stock(). Check the docs on gtk_icon_*() and gtk_stock_*(). I have some sample code if you're interested.

This way a theme author can easily change your graphic to something else.

John