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From: Harald Oehlmann <wortkarg3@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Images on disabled buttons look bad
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 08:55:18 +0100
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Am 27.02.2025 um 08:11 schrieb Christian Gollwitzer:
> Am 26.02.25 um 23:49 schrieb Martin (m0h):
>>
>> My image looks fine when it is on a normal button. When I change the 
>> state of the button to disabled the image is stippled. Is there a way 
>> to change this default behaviour?
> 
> This is intended in order to provide visual feedback. If you use a 
> ttk::button, you can provide your own disabled image instead. Create a 
> disabled image e.g. grayscale or toned-down version, and then pass a 
> list to -image. YOu can specify multiple images for different states of 
> the button, so that should be
> "normalimage disabled disabledimage" (untested)
> 
> See: https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl/TkCmd/ttk_widget.htm#M-image
> 
> Christian

Wow, I did not know this trick, awesome !

Here is an example with the disabled state on tk 8.6:

% ttk::button .b -image {::tk::icons::information disabled 
::tk::icons::error}
% pack .b
-> shows the information icon
% .b state disabled
-> shows the error icon

GREAT !!!

Thanks Christian,
Harald