Re: Changing background color of text in statusbar

[Viraj Chatterjee <vchatter adobe com>]

Put your gtk_label in an eventbox and then change the background of the 
eventbox.
Look at:

3.1.
How do I change the color of a widget?
in the Common queries at the GTK+ web site.
-vc
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Egon Andersen" <post talura dk>
To: "gtk-list" <gtk-list gnome org>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 5:54 PM
Subject: Changing background color of text in statusbar


> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to change the background colour for the text dispalyed in 
> a statusbar, but I don't get it as I want it!
>
> I simply want the background of the text to be red, but it seems to be 
> quite difficult - or I've just missed something. (Probably the later :-)
>
> I've tried a lot of things including use of 'private' variables in the 
> GtkStatusbar structure!
>
> The following sample code gives me a red frame and a little red square to 
> the right in the statusbar - not quite what I want!
>
>
>
> Sample code:
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(active_statusbar, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(active_statusbar, GTK_STATE_ACTIVE, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(active_statusbar, GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(active_statusbar, GTK_STATE_SELECTED, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(active_statusbar, GTK_STATE_INSENSITIVE, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->frame, 
> GTK_STATE_NORMAL, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->frame, 
> GTK_STATE_ACTIVE, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->frame, 
> GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->frame, 
> GTK_STATE_SELECTED, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->frame, 
> GTK_STATE_INSENSITIVE, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label, 
> GTK_STATE_NORMAL, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label, 
> GTK_STATE_ACTIVE, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label, 
> GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label, 
> GTK_STATE_SELECTED, &red);
>    gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label, 
> GTK_STATE_INSENSITIVE, &red);
>
> if(GTK_LABEL(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label)->mnemonic_widget != 
> NULL)
>       {
>
> gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_LABEL(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label)->mnemonic_widget, 
> GTK_STATE_NORMAL, &red);
>
> gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_LABEL(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label)->mnemonic_widget, 
> GTK_STATE_ACTIVE, &red);
>
> gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_LABEL(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label)->mnemonic_widget, 
> GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT, &red);
>
> gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_LABEL(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label)->mnemonic_widget, 
> GTK_STATE_SELECTED, &red);
>
> gtk_widget_modify_bg(GTK_LABEL(GTK_STATUSBAR(active_statusbar)->label)->mnemonic_widget, 
> GTK_STATE_INSENSITIVE, &red);
>       }
>
>
> Best regards
> Egon Andersen
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