Re: very basic question

[Andy Gilman <amgilman myfairpoint net>]

That's it!  So simple and yet so frustrating.  Thank you very much.

Andy Gilman

On 01/06/2012 04:14 PM, Kjell Ahlstedt wrote:
> 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 In gtkmm3.0 modify_bg has been replaced by override_background_color.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