---
name: "Gtk::GtkColorSelectButton"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgtk-perl"
version: "0.7002-1"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Gtk::GtkColorSelectButton"
---

# Gtk::GtkColorSelectButton(3pm)

Choose a color

## NAME

Gtk::ColorSelectButton - Choose a color

## SYNOPSIS

```
        use Gtk;
    use Gtk::ColorSelectButton;

    ...
    init Gtk;
    init Gtk::ColorSelectButton;
    ...
```

```
    $color_button = Gtk::ColorSelectButton->new();
    $hbox->pack_start($color_button, 1,1,0);
    $color_button->show();
```

```
    ...
    print $color_button->color; #shortcut for ->get('color')
    ...
    $color_button->set( color => "10 40 250" ); # R G B
```

## DESCRIPTION

Gtk::ColorSelectButton shows a button with a uniform color. Pressing this buton pops up the color\_selection dialog in which a new color may be chosen. When the color selection dialog is closed, the chosen color is reflected in the color of the button.

The gtk variable `color` provides a way to access the chosen color.

## AUTHOR

Dov Grobgeld \<dov@imagic.weizmann.ac.il\>, with modifications by Kenneth Albanowski \<kjahds@kjahds.com\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1998 Dov Grobgeld. All rights reserved. This program may be redistributed and copied under the same licence as Perl itself.