Hi all, witha few of of VBOX scrolled window etc. Here is the containment. vbox1 > scl > vbox2 > button. I want to make the background area of button to be area. That is the remaining uncovered part of scl/vbox2 should be in read. I tried to set the BG/FG color for scl/vbox2 it didn't work. Please help me +---------------------------------+ | | | <--|-------- This aread should be red. | | | | | +-------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------------------------+ Thanks and Regards Deekshit M _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list