Thank you, John, I compiled and ran your code. It was not exactly what I needed, but it gave me the bits and pieces to do what I wanted. I wanted a LED type panel light above my button. Based on your code, I put an event box into an unlabeled frame and sized the event box. It is just what I wanted. Thank you! =========================== John Hobbs wrote: Here's an example solution of what I think you want. Again, it may not be the best, but it works. #include <gtkmm.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { Gtk::Main kit(argc, argv); Gtk::Window window; Gtk::EventBox evbox; Gtk::HBox hbox; Gtk::Label label ("Test"); Gtk::Button button; evbox.modify_bg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, Gdk::Color("#FF0000")); evbox.modify_bg(Gtk::STATE_ACTIVE, Gdk::Color("#FF0000")); evbox.modify_bg(Gtk::STATE_PRELIGHT, Gdk::Color("#FF0000")); evbox.set_size_request(15); hbox.pack_start(evbox,false,false,3); hbox.pack_start(label,false,false,3); button.add(hbox); window.add(button); window.show_all(); Gtk::Main::run(window); return 0; } BTW, always send to the list :-) - John On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 3:28 PM, <inbox_pub earthlink net> wrote:Thank you for your reply. All I want is something that looks like a rectangular LED (like the colored portion of the color selection button. There is no need for the user to change the color--I only need the color to indicate the state of my application. I figured that someone else had already done something like what I am looking for. It must be possible since it is done in the color selection button. Thanks! John Hobbs wrote: Could you just pack an EventBox in there and change its background color? I'm not on my computer so I can't code and test that real quick, but I think it should work. - John On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:02 PM, <inbox_pub earthlink net> wrote: My application requires a lighted indicator that changes color: black, yellow, red, and green. I implemented it with the color selection button. Is there some way to inhibit the selection box from appearing when the button is pressed? Or, is there another way to implement a lighted indicator that I can change its color from my program? Thanks! _______________________________________________ gtkmm-list mailing list gtkmm-list gnome org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list |