Re: problem using pango ...

[Kjell Ahlstedt <kjell ahlstedt bredband net>]

Where's the Gtk::Button in your code? Is this->object a Gtk::Button pointer?
A Gtk::Button is a container, a Gtk::Bin. If it shows a text, its child 
widget is probably a Gtk::Label. You should  try to change the style of 
the Button's child instead of the style of the Button itself.

Kjell

2013-09-30 17:30, raespi skrev:
> Hi ... I'm currently trying to set the font style of a widget from 
> gtkmm.  The code is a bit like this:
>
> Glib::RefPtr< Gtk::Style > s = this->object->get_style();
> Pango::FontDescription f = s->get_font();
>
> In a later moment I manage to set the according properties of the 
> Pango::FontDescription object. And end the function's code with:
>
> s->set_font ( f );
> this->object->set_style ( s );
>
> At first I thought the code I used to change the properties was 
> incorrect, but I printed the Pango::FontDescription object attributes 
> before setting them and after:
>
> BEFORE: Droid Sans 10
> AFTER: Arial Bold Italic 0.029296875
>
> And it seems up to here everything is fine.  Still the Gtk::Button 
> doesn't change it's font style ... Any ideas where I could be wrong ??
>
> Thanks ...