Re: can't change color of label

[Torsten Luettgert <t luettgert pressestimmen de>]

On Di, 2006-08-29 at 11:34 +0200, oded wrote:
> Hello!
[...]
> I tried also to inilize the color using set_rgb, or without allocating it, 
> or to use modify_text, and modify_base, or to create a style and use
> modify_style, or use label->set_state(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL); or use 
> label->set_use_markup(false);
> but to no avail, it still remains black.

You can use pango markup for that, it's really cool.
label->set_use_markup(true);

then write the text like

<span foreground="red">TextText</span>

Here's what markup can do for you:
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/pango/PangoMarkupFormat.html

Hth,
Torsten