E.R. Uber wrote: > After reading PyGTK FAQ 4.6 > at http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.006.htp > <http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.006.htp> I thought > perhaps I could change the color of a ToggleButton by copying its > style, updating the style, and setting the style. This did not work. > > Then reading PyGTK FAQ 4.16 > at http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.016.htp > <http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq04.016.htp> it > mentions that gtk.Button (and I assume gtk.ToggleButton) are > windowless widgets that do not allow changing their background and > base color unless you insert them into an EventBox. > > Using a parent EventBox succeeds in changing the color of the event > box, but not the child ToggleButton, the button just appears to be > surrounded by the color change of the event box. I tried the same with > a Button and it works the same way. > > I am using pygtk 2.12.1, gtk 2.16.4, glade 3.6.7, and python 2.6 on > both windows and fedora core 9. I have only tried this to date on > windows though. You don't need the EventBox just use toggle.modify_bg() with the appropriate state and color. Note in your example you need to set STATE_NORMAL and STATE_ACTIVE to have different colors for the active and inactive states.
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