RE: [PHP-GTK] RE: Changing color/style on ascrollbarinaGtkScrolledWindow

That's actually not a PHP-GTK issue; the rc call rolls on set_style() rather than on the specialised style methods that are in place for clist and similar. Haven't investigated GTK 2.4 yet and have next to no clue what's in store there :) I'll catch up when I can. > -----Original Message----- > From: Madeleine D. [mailto:mmdrake@bctonline.com] > Sent: 02 August 2004 22:31 > To: php-gtk-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP-GTK] RE: Changing color/style on > ascrollbarinaGtkScrolledWindow > > > Steph - > > Thanks for the explanation; it makes sense, given the behavior we've seen > in our app. > > We went to the gtk-rc a long time ago, and it works great for the majority > of our needs. But, we still have instances where we need style to work on > an individual widget - like the Clist row highlight. One time, special > requirement, dependent on certain circumstances with the data, not really > covered by the rc. > > It would be great if this kind of thing was doable in PHP-Gtk2. > > Madeleine D. > > > At 08:45 PM 8/2/2004 +0100, Steph wrote: > >Hi Madeleine, > > > >Sorry, Dave and I went off-list there. I gave him a simple > >gtkscrolledwindow script with the code below, and it worked fine > on his box > >too; ergo, we don't have a platform issue. > > > >I think that when you create larger and more complex applications you're > >most likely seeing a drop-through effect that means the style property > >you're retrieving from the widget actually contains the style > properties of > >the outermost parent widget. In that case 'style->bg' wouldn't > necessarily > >mean a thing to GTK, because the child widget's natural-born > style element > >isn't the one being accessed. > > > >They call it propagation.. and I could be spelling that wrong :) > > > >It's never affected me because I've never actually tried to apply styles > >across a big application. However, I suspect that a far better > way to deal > >with style when you have something complex to deal with would be > by taking > >the rc file route. See Andrei's ancient but trusty test/gtk.php > and friends > >for details. > > > >- Steph > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Madeleine D. [mailto:mmdrake@bctonline.com] > >> Sent: 02 August 2004 19:13 > >> To: php-gtk-general@lists.php.net > >> Subject: RE: [PHP-GTK] RE: Changing color/style on > >> ascrollbarinaGtkScrolledWindow > >> > >> > >> Steph - > >> > >> I'm using Win98, and I don't see any effect from this code at all. It > >> doesn't blow up on us, the way some of our other attempts at > >> style have; it > >> just doesn't change our scroll window at all. > >> > >> What could I be missing? > >> > >> Madeleine D. > >> > >> > >> At 05:52 PM 8/2/2004 +0100, you wrote: > >> >Weird. It worked for me under win98. > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: dpgirago@mdanderson.org [mailto:dpgirago@mdanderson.org] > >> > Sent: 02 August 2004 17:37 > >> > To: php-gtk-general@lists.php.net; steph@zend.com; > >> mmdrake@bctonline.com; > >> >malko@the-ring.homelinux.net > >> > Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK] RE: Changing color/style on a > >> >scrollbarinaGtkScrolledWindow > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Steph,Madeleine, Malko, thanks very much for your input. > >> > > >> > I originally tried to get the style from the GtkScrolledWindow > >> widget, and > >> >then tried to set it just as you showed in your example, Steff. > >> > > >> > > $style = $scrolledWin->style; > >> > > $red = new GdkColor('#FF0000'); > >> > > $green = new GdkColor('#00FF00'); > >> > > $blue = new GdkColor('#0000FF'); > >> > > $style->bg[GTK_STATE_NORMAL] = $red; > >> > > $style->bg[GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT] = $green; //slider hover > >> > > $style->bg[GTK_STATE_ACTIVE] = $blue; //trough > >> > > $scrolledWin->set_style($style); > >> > > >> > Unfortunately, as Madeleine suggests, this does not give > the expected > >> >results. In fact, the results were so confounding that I > abandoned this > >> >approach and only then pursued the vadjustment thingy. > >> > > >> > But I did re-review the manual page for GtkStyle(), and by > >> using -- $style > >> >= gtk::widget_get_default_style() -- > >> > I was able to change the background color for the entire window, > >> >scrollbars, clist column headers, etc... So success was > >> evetually achieved > >> >;~) > >> > > >> > Although I don't want to prolong what seems to be a less > than thrilling > >> >thread, I am curious as to whether others have been able use > >> something like > >> >Steph's example to specifically change colors of scrollbars and > >> clist column > >> >headers. It simply didn't work for me. As I'm on Win2k, I > can't help but > >> >wonder whether this might be a consideration, cross-platform > >> functionality > >> >notwithstanding. > >> > > >> > I will add a comment to the Wiki about my experience. > >> > > >> > Thanks, again, everyone. > >> > > >> > dave > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> PHP-GTK General Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > > > -- > PHP-GTK General Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >