Re: Setting widget background during widget creation?

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Oct 10, 2004, at 5:58 AM, Martin Junius wrote:

> Is there an easy way to set a widget's background during widget  
> creation, ie before the widget is realized?

what kind of background -- a color or a pixmap?

if you want to set a pixmap, there's no escaping the requirement that  
the widget be realized, because you have to have the GdkWindow in order  
to get the correct depth and screen for the pixmap.  you can force the  
widget to realize by calling $widget->realize before calling ->show.

if you just want to set a color, then you can use $style->modify_bg().
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/GtkWidget.html#gtk-widget- 
modify-bg

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