Ryan Martin wrote: > Hey John, > Thanks for the response. Yes, technically that would work, except > that you can't stretch the background of an event box. It only tiles. > As the style is applied to other sized event boxes, the background > texture would not stretch and resize. > > If anybody knows a way to make the background pixmap for an event box > stretch, I'd be all set. Any ideas? > > Thanks > Ryan > > > What do you mean by stretch and resize? An example would help to visualize how this would work. > > > > > > John Finlay wrote: >> 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 >>> >>> * >>> * >> >> > > -- > 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/
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