Thanks, that seems to work as expected. There is a nice piece of code illustrating the procedure here (from git://git.gnome.org/evincemaster): https://code.ohloh.net/file?fid=X8fZTvkzyVB3u7kL5jpLSGknMV0&cid=JMGdDhvyM0I On 27.07.2014 14:03, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: > In GNOME, we use a fairly dark blue color for selections. > > You can get it by applying the GTK_STYLE_CLASS_RUBBERBAND style to your > widget. If you don't have a widget, you can use the gtk_render_* APIs on a > style context so that the background and border are rendered correctly. > > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:23 PM, ax487 <ax487@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I am (still) porting from gtk2 to gtk3 and I just read about the style >> properties of widgets. I want to draw a selection around some objects >> (think of the rectangle / lasso selection in gimp). I would like to know >> if there is some theme-dependent color that I can use. The background of >> the selection is mostly white, so it should be something dark so there >> is sufficient contrast. Is a suitable color available using some >> `gtk_style_context_get_color' function? >> >> ax487 >> _______________________________________________ >> gtk-list mailing list >> gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >> > > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list