Change Gtk Button color

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Hi all,

I would like to change the color of a button in Gtk based on an event and change the color or darken the button when it is selected.

Right now I am stuck simply trying to change the color. My approach is based on this source and this source. I have two files:

example.jl 
using Gtk, Gtk.ShortNames

style_file = joinpath(dirname(Base.source_path()), "style.css")

provider = CssProviderLeaf(filename = style_file)

w = Window("")

button = GtkButton("")

set_gtk_property!(button, :name, "green_button")

push!(w, button)

screen = Gtk.GAccessor.style_context(button)

push!(screen, StyleProvider(provider), 600)

Gtk.showall(w)
style.css 
#green_button{
    background-color: green;
    color: white;
    font-family: DejaVu Sans;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 20px;
    border-radius: 15px;
}

#green_button:checked{
    background-color: rgb(152, 226, 152);
    color: white;
    font-family: DejaVu Sans;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 20px;
    border-radius: 15px;
}

Unfortunately, the color does not change. Any help would be appreciated.

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The following works for labels:

Summary 
using Gtk, Gtk.ShortNames

win = Window("Test")

label = Label("Some text")

sc = Gtk.GAccessor.style_context(label)

pr = CssProviderLeaf(data="#blue_text {color:blue;}")

push!(sc, StyleProvider(pr), 600)

set_gtk_property!(label, :name, "blue_text")

push!(win, label)

showall(win)

However, it does not work when adapted for buttons:

Summary 
using Gtk, Gtk.ShortNames

w = Window("")

button = GtkButton("")

sc = Gtk.GAccessor.style_context(button)

pr = CssProviderLeaf(data="#green_button {color:green;}")

push!(sc, StyleProvider(pr), 600)

set_gtk_property!(button, :name, "green_button")

push!(w, button)

Gtk.showall(w)

Any ideas?

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@Christopher_Fisher: in the css-provider’s data the color:green should be background:green

@everyone: for those who are interested:

MWE 
using Gtk 

let

  win = GtkWindow("ButtonColorTest 1")

  butt = GtkButton("")
  sc = GAccessor.style_context(butt)

  blue = GtkCssProvider(data="#blue {background:blue;}")
  yellow = GtkCssProvider(data="#yellow {background:yellow;}")


  spb = GtkStyleProvider(blue)
  spy = GtkStyleProvider(yellow)
  push!(sc, spb, 600)

  set_gtk_property!(butt, :name, "blue")

  clickhandler = signal_connect(butt, "clicked") do widget
    if get_gtk_property(widget, :name, String) == "blue"
      push!(sc, spy, 600)
      set_gtk_property!(butt, :name, "yellow")
    else
      push!(sc, spb, 600)
      set_gtk_property!(butt, :name, "blue")
    end
  end


  push!(win, butt)
  showall(win)

end
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