#!/usr/bin/env python # example eventbox.py import pygtk pygtk.require('2.0') import gtk class EventBoxExample: def __init__(self): window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL) window.set_title("Event Box") window.connect("destroy", lambda w: gtk.main_quit()) window.set_border_width(10) # Create an EventBox and add it to our toplevel window event_box = gtk.EventBox() window.add(event_box) event_box.show() # Create a long label label = gtk.Label("Click here to quit, quit, quit, quit, quit") event_box.add(label) label.show() # Clip it short. label.set_size_request(110, 20) # And bind an action to it event_box.set_events(gtk.gdk.BUTTON_PRESS_MASK) event_box.connect("button_press_event", lambda w,e: gtk.main_quit()) # More things you need an X window for ... event_box.realize() event_box.window.set_cursor(gtk.gdk.Cursor(gtk.gdk.HAND1)) # Set background color to green event_box.modify_bg(gtk.STATE_NORMAL, event_box.get_colormap().alloc_color("green")) window.show() def main(): gtk.main() return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": EventBoxExample() main()