Have you tried using an eventbox inside the frame to hold the vbox that holds the other stuff? I believe that the purpose of the eventbox is to do just the kind of thing you want i.e. set the bg_pixmap for the eventbox to some custom pixmap that represents your style.
John Ryan Martin wrote: > That's a good question. I didn't explain why I needed to do this > because I thought I'd confuse more. In the software I'm writing, I'm > combining theme elements with some widget tricks to accomplish a > visual task that I don't know is possible by any other means. > > I need to have a container than I can 'skin' that can contain other > widgets. My initial thought was to theme gtk.Frame to have borders and > a background (like a button), and I can pack all of my widgets into > that. Unfortunately, to my knowledge, you can't have a background on a > frame widget. So I started cycling through other gtk widgets to see if > there was some sort of container that I could theme, but was unable to > find something that worked. > > > (http://www.ensomniac.com/pygtk/button_example2.jpg) > > That led me to my latest theory, that if I were able to use a button > as a container, I could theme gtk.Button to get the visual style I > wanted, but also the functionality of having the widgets inside. I > would need to disable the core button (container) from receiving and > processing signals, but somehow pass them on to any of the widgets > inside the button: > > > (http://www.ensomniac.com/pygtk/button_example.jpg) > > And that leaves me where I'm at now. The following code will disable > my base button from working: > *print* self.widgets.main_container_button.get_property("above-child") > >> *False** > print* self.widgets.main_container_button.set_property("above-child", True) > *print* self.widgets.main_container_button.get_property("above-child") > >> *True* > But I have no idea how to pass the events to the widgets that are > children of the button (the 'button_2' widget and the "entry" widget > in the image above). > > If there is some other way to accomplish my task, I'm all ears. > Currently, I'm struggling trying to get my events passed to the child > widgets. > > > Thanks for the help! > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > John Finlay wrote: >> Ryan Martin wrote: >>> Hey Guys, >>> I have a strange situation that I'm having trouble finding a >>> solution for. In the application I'm building, I would like to use a >>> button as a container and not necessarily a button. Currently, I >>> have a text field and another button inside my main button in >>> question. What I would like is to disable all of the innate >>> callbacks (prelight/hover, clicked, etc.) on that main button and >>> just have it sit there while still being able to click the child >>> button inside the main button or enter text into the text field. >>> >>> One thing to consider is that I need to disable callbacks on the >>> main button but not on any of the widgets that are added to the main >>> button as a child. >>> >>> Is this possible? Did that make sense? >>> >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have scoured through old >>> threads looking for clues. >> Why do you need to use a button as a container when you don't want to >> use any of the button's features? Are there no GTK containers that work? >> >> John >> > > -- > Ryan Martin > *Industrial Light + Magic > *Assistant Technical Director > cell: 973-632-1417 / desk: 415-746-2117 > > * > * _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list pygtk@daa.com.au http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://faq.pygtk.org/
