Re: Gdk.color GTree.column ?

In fact, I need to set arbitrary colors from their RGB code.
Is it possible to represent any color as a string ? I only
know the common colors as strings (e.g., white, blue, ...).

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Sébastien

Eddy2 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If you *really* want to use Gdk.color I cannot help you. But if you just
> want to add colors to your treeview, then I have a solution : you may use a
> #RRGGBB string in conjunction with "background" property. Here is a little
> working example :
> 
> -----
> let cols = new GTree.column_list
> let text = cols#add Gobject.Data.string
> let bg_color = cols#add Gobject.Data.string (* We use the well-known string
> type *)
> let model = GTree.list_store cols
> 
> let cell = GTree.cell_renderer_text [`WEIGHT `BOLD; `FOREGROUND "white"]
> 
> let vcol = 
>   let vcol = GTree.view_column ~title:"Exemple" () in
>   vcol#pack cell;
>   vcol#add_attribute cell "text" text;
>   vcol#add_attribute cell "background" bg_color;
>   vcol
> 
> let window = GWindow.window
>   ~title:"Color Demo"
>   ~position:`CENTER 
>   ~width:200
>   ~height:550 ()
> 
> let view =
>   let view = GTree.view ~model ~packing:window#add () in
>   view#append_column vcol;
>   view
> 
> let to_string r g b = Printf.sprintf "#%02x%02x%02x" r g b
> 
> let _ =
>   window#connect#destroy GMain.quit;
>   for i = 0 to 20 do
>     let j = 5 * i in
>     let row = model#append () in
>     model#set ~row ~column:text (Printf.sprintf "Blue %i%%" j);
>     model#set ~row ~column:bg_color (to_string 0 0 j)
>   done;
>   window#show ();
>   GMain.main ()
> -----
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Eddy