PHP-GTK2 Newsletter

PHP-GTK2 Tips & Techniques
FREE Newsletter
by kksou



Sample Code 203: How to use stock images for buttons?
Written by kksou   
Monday, 19 March 2007
Problem

There are a list of pre-defined stock images as listed here.

You would like to create a list of buttons using these pre-defined stock images. On linux you will see this:

How to use stock images for buttons?

However, on winxp, some of you will only see the text labels without the graphics as shown below:

For windows users, you would like to see the stock images too.


Solution
  • To create buttons with pre-defined stock images, use GtkButton::new_from_stock (stock_id).
  • For windows users, in order to see the stock images, look for a file called gtkrc. If you have used Gnope Installer to set up php-gtk2, it should be in <dir>\etc\gtk-2.0, where <dir> is the directory where you have installed php-gtk2. Open the file with an editor, on line 5, you should see a line gtk-button-images = 0. Change the 0 to 1 and save the file. Run the script again. You should be able to see the stock images now.

Sample Code
1   
2   
3   
4   
5   
6   
7   
8   
9   
10   
11   
12   
13   
14   
15   
16   
17   
18   
19   
20   
21   
22   
23   
24   
<?php
$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->set_size_request(400, 200);
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit'));
$window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());

// display title
$title = new GtkLabel("Using Stock Images for Buttons");
$title->modify_font(new PangoFontDescription("Times New Roman Italic 10"));
$title->modify_fg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, GdkColor::parse("#0000ff"));
$title->set_size_request(-1, 40);
$title->set_justify(Gtk::JUSTIFY_CENTER);
$alignment = new GtkAlignment(0.5, 0, 0, 0);
$alignment->add($title);
$vbox->pack_start($alignment, 0, 0);
$vbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel(), 0, 0);

// setup button
$vbox->pack_start($hbox = new GtkHBox(), 0);
$hbox->pack_start(GtkButton::new_from_stock(Gtk::STOCK_NEW), 0); // note 1
$hbox->pack_start(GtkButton::new_from_stock(Gtk::STOCK_OPEN), 0); // note 1
$hbox->pack_start(GtkButton::new_from_stock(Gtk::STOCK_CLOSE), 0); // note 1

$vbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel(), 0);
  • Note that this is only 70% of the sample code. You have to be a registered member to see the entire sample code. Please login or register.
  • Registration is free and immediate.
  • Have some doubt about the registration? Please read this forum article.
Explanation
  1. Create the buttons with stock images.

Related Links

User reviews

There are no user reviews yet.

Note: You have to be a registered member to leave a comment. Free registration here.

 
< Prev   Next >

Copyright © 2006-2008. kksou.com. All Rights Reserved