Hi g...@digosp.com, On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:49:37 -0400 you wrote: > > When a button is pressed, I want to change its color to blue, and when > it is released to restore its original color. > When you say "pressed", you mean active? I think you need to look up the documentation on styles and themes. > The code I use is shown below. > I do get BUTTON PRESS and BUTTON RELEASE messages, but the button > color does not change.
<snip> > gtk_widget_modify_bg(widget, GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT, &color); > gtk_widget_modify_bg(widget, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, &color); So if you want to affect the appearance of the button while "pressed", which is called "ACTIVE", then why are you setting its colour in the "NORMAL" and "PRELIGHT" states? If I understand your intentions right, I don't think you need signal handlers or call-backs. Just set the widget's "ACTIVE" background colour and GTK will do the rest. Rob _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list