Custom pyGTK button

Question

I would like to create a button that I can control the look of the button using pyGTK. How would I go about doing this?

I would like to be able to point to a new image for each 'state' the button is in (i.e. Pressed, mouse over, normal...etc.)

Answer 1

As described in the API documentation for gtk.Image, "If you want to receive events on the image, such as button clicks, place the image inside a gtk.EventBox, then connect to the event signals on the event box.".

You probably want to use a gtk.Image rather than a gtk.Button, since buttons require more knowledge of how the theming engine works. If you really want to use a button, you'll need to read up on gtk rc files and the APIs for manipulating them.