Clickable Icon in Python GTK

Question

Does anyone know how to create a custom button with custom icon in PyGTK? I would like to make a program in python GTK that works similar to a settings menu or control panel. I know PyGTK has stock buttons like cancel, exit, and ok; but I'm unable to change the labels or icons of those buttons.

Answer 1

You can put a button on the screen, and put any image in it.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
#  test_icon.py
#  
#  Copyright 2015 John Coppens <john@jcoppens.com>
#  
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#  
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#  

import pygtk
import gtk

IMAGE_FILE = "/put/an/imagename here"

class MainWindow(gtk.Window):
    def __init__(self, debug = None):
        gtk.Window.__init__(self)
        self.connect("delete-event", self.on_delete_event)

        btn = gtk.Button()
        img = gtk.Image()
        img.set_from_file(IMAGE_FILE)
        btn.set_image(img)

        self.add(btn)
        self.show_all()

    def on_delete_event(self, win, data):
        gtk.main_quit()

    def run(self):
        gtk.mainloop()

def main():
    w = MainWindow()
    w.run()
    return 0

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

The image can be of many formats, even SVG (vector graphics), PNG, etc.