------------------------------------------------------------------------ --# Setting background colors - links don't work on Windows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ include GtkEngine.e include std/net/url.e constant helpfile = canonical_path("~/demos/documentation/HowItWorks.html#colors") constant docs = sprintf(`Random Colors Click the button to choose a new color. See %s for more info.`, {helpfile,"Colors"}) constant win = create(GtkWindow, "title=`Random Colors`,size=200x120,border=10,position=1,$destroy=Quit") constant panel = create(GtkBox,VERTICAL) add(win,panel) constant lbl = create(GtkLabel) set(lbl,"markup",docs) add(panel,lbl) atom img = create(GtkImage,"thumbnails/tiphat1.gif") add(panel,img) constant btn = create(GtkButton,"gtk-refresh",_("RandomColor")) set(btn,"tooltip text","Click for random color") pack(panel,-btn) show_all(win) main() ------------------------------------------------------------------------ function RandomColor() ------------------------------------------------------------------------ object randy = rand(#ffffff) set(win,"background",randy) set(win,"title",sprintf("#%06x",randy)) return 1 end function -- In this demo, we set the color in numeric (hex) form, -- because rand() can do this for us very easily. -- then we convert it to string form to display on titlebar