Thanks edscott, Yes that's what I tried first. There must be something else wrong with my program. Thanks for confirming that it should work. Nick Soffe. On 6 Aug 2003, edscott wilson garcia wrote: > On mi? 2003-08-06 at 06:11, Nick Soffe wrote: > > Hi, > > I am reluctant to ask this and my only excuse is that I have never before > > had a problem setting widget colors with either gtk1.2 or 2.X. Anyway here > > goes! How do I change the color of the bar in a gtk progress bar in GTK2.2 > > I have tried all the usual gtk_widget_modify fg,bg etc and after searching > > the archives have tried PRELIGHT as well as the usual NORMAL and ACTIVE > > options (this was suggested to someone a while ago but probably for > > gtk1.2) For me however the bar color stays obstinately blue! Any polite > > help very gratefully received. > > Nick Soffe. > > gtk_widget_modify_bg(battmon->battstatus, GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT, > &(battmon->colorC)); > > works for me (replace battmon->battstatus,&(battmon->colorC) for the > appropiate variables) > > Edscott > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gtk-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > >