Re: very basic question

[Kjell Ahlstedt <kjell ahlstedt bredband net>]

2012-01-06 19:22, Andy Gilman skrev:
> A newbie (seemingly perpetually), I am stumped trying to change the 
> background color of an eventbox.  I have included this line:
>
>   eventbox.modify_bg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, &color)
>
> (having defined a color, I think appropriately), but I keep being told 
> that eventbox has no member called "modify_bg.  Obviously I am missing 
> something obvious, but what?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andy Gilman
Which version of gtkmm are you using?
In gtkmm-2.4 Gtk::Widget::modify_bg exists, and is inherited by 
Gtk::EventBox.
In gtkmm3.0 modify_bg has been replaced by override_background_color.
http://developer.gnome.org/gtkmm/stable/classGtk_1_1Widget.html#a21bd07ea93c9ca484402e7e67981ae19