Ryan Martin wrote: > Hey Guys > > For all intensive purposes, an eventBox can have widgets packed into > it as I need and it can also have the background set as a style > property ala "bg_pixmap[NORMAL] = 'something.png'". My problem is that > the background needs to stretch, not tile. Like this: > > http://www.ensomniac.com/pygtk/button_example3.jpg > > When looking at the image above, please consider that I need to pack > widgets inside the blue graphic area. That is why I need to use some > form of container. I can't use an image widget, I can't use anything > that won't let me pack widgets inside the graphic area. > > The reason I initially decided to go with a button was because I knew > I could skin it (it has advanced skinning functionality allowing you > to stretch the pixmap while leaving the borders of the graphic intact) > and it could act as a container for other widgets. The problem with > using a button is that each time you hover over the main container > button, it steals all of the events that I want to go to the child > widgets. My initial post was looking for ideas on how I could disable > the main button from events and just use it as a graphic container for > my child widgets which would still need to work as expected. This has > proven to be impossible? <snip>
What is the advanced skinning functionality of a Button? This is something I'm not aware of. John _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list pygtk@daa.com.au http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://faq.pygtk.org/
