hi, you need to use an event_box() to cover the region you want to colour, then set the background of the event box to the colour you want. your hierarchy could be one of several options, one being: event box > vbox1 > scl > vbox2 > button cheers, richard > 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 > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
