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How do I create a toolbar with buttons that look like the ones in Software Center?

I've figured out out to set the style of the toolbar to Gtk.STYLE_CLASS_PRIMARY_TOOLBAR, but I want to set the buttons to look like page selectors instead of regular buttons.

I'm trying to create a bunch of buttons to switch between pages according to this specification: Contributor Console

Thanks.

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  • Quick tip: Software Center is also written in Python/GTK3. Head over to their Launchpad page, grab the source and have a look at how they do it.
    – Timo
    Nov 23, 2012 at 11:36
  • I've looked through the code and can't figure out what it does to make the buttons look like that.
    – iBelieve
    Nov 23, 2012 at 13:40

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The Global Pane in the code sets up the toolbar: softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/globalpane.py

While the ViewSwitcher class draws the buttons on the Global Pane: softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/viewswitcher.py

Each button is added as a custom SectionSelector class composed of a custom cairo drawn Gtk.Image (SymbolicIcon class), a label and an optional drop down channel selector. You should check out the viewswitcher.py file for more detail.

The SectionSelector class is in: softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/buttons.py and is itself built from a custom class in that file.

Luckily, most of the code looks very reusable so you can probably copy and use them in your software.

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  • Great! Thanks for your answer, I'll try it later.
    – iBelieve
    Nov 26, 2012 at 20:33

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