The problem with the below code ( taken from the links above) is that you cant have the color and the label on the same button. That is what I want to do. Any ideas? Another option would be to 'gray-out' the button.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

package Mup::ColorButton;

use Gtk2;
use Glib::Object::Subclass
    Gtk2::Button::,
    signals => {
        color_changed => {},
        show => \&on_show,
    },
    properties => [
        Glib::ParamSpec->int (
                'red',
                'Red',
                'The Red component of the RGB color',
                0,
                0xffff,
                0xffff,
                [qw/readable writable/]
        ),
        Glib::ParamSpec->int (
                'green',
                'Green',
                'The Green component of the RGB color',
                0,
                0xffff,
                0xffff,
                [qw/readable writable/]
        ),
        Glib::ParamSpec->int (
                'blue',
                'Blue',
                'The Blue component of the RGB color',
                0,
                0xffff,
                0xffff,
                [qw/readable writable/]
        ),
    ]
    ;

sub INIT_INSTANCE {
        my $self = shift;
        $self->{red} = 0xffff;
        $self->{green} = 0xffff;
        $self->{blue} = 0xffff;

        my $frame = Gtk2::Frame->new;
        $frame->set_border_width (3);
        $frame->set_shadow_type ('etched-in');
        $self->add ($frame);
        $frame->show;
        my $event_box = Gtk2::EventBox->new;
        $event_box->set_size_request (14, 14);
        $frame->add ($event_box);
        $event_box->show;
        $self->{colorbox} = $event_box;
}

sub on_show {
        my $self = shift;
        $self->set_color (red => $self->{red},
                          green => $self->{green},
                          blue => $self->{blue});
        $self->signal_chain_from_overridden;
}

sub set_color {
        my $self = shift;
        my %params = @_;
        my $color = Gtk2::Gdk::Color->new ($params{red},
                                           $params{green},
                                           $params{blue});
        $self->{colorbox}->get_colormap->alloc_color ($color, 0, 1);
        $self->{colorbox}->modify_bg ('normal', $color);
        $self->{colorbox}->modify_bg ('active', $color);
        $self->{colorbox}->modify_bg ('prelight', $color);
        $self->{red} = $params{red};
        $self->{green} = $params{green};
        $self->{blue} = $params{blue};
        $self->signal_emit ('color-changed');
}

package main;

use Gtk2 -init;

my $window = Gtk2::Window->new;
$window->set_title ('Color buttons');
$window->set_border_width (6);
$window->signal_connect (delete_event => sub { Gtk2->main_quit; 1 });

my $vbox = Gtk2::VBox->new;
$window->add ($vbox);
$vbox->show;

my $foo = Mup::ColorButton->new (red => 0xaaaa, green => 0x0, blue => 
+0xffff);
$vbox->pack_start ($foo, 1, 1, 0);
$foo->show;

$foo->signal_connect (clicked => sub {
                my $self = shift;
                my $dialog = Gtk2::ColorSelectionDialog->new ('pick a 
+color');
                my $c = Gtk2::Gdk::Color->new ($self->{red},
                                               $self->{green},
                                               $self->{blue});
                $self->{colorbox}->get_colormap->alloc_color ($c, 0, 1
+);
                $dialog->colorsel->set_current_color ($c);
                if ('ok' eq $dialog->run) {
                        my $c = $dialog->colorsel->get_current_color;
                        $self->set_color (red => $c->red,
                                          green => $c->green,
                                          blue => $c->blue);
                }
                $dialog->destroy;
        });

$foo->signal_connect (color_changed => sub {
                warn "the color changed - now "
                   . join (", ", $_[0]->get (qw/red green blue/))
                   . ".  i should do something!";
        });

$window->show;
Gtk2->main;
[download]

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.