+bool wxButton::Create(wxWindow *parent,
+                      wxWindowID id,
+                      const wxString &label,
+                      const wxPoint& pos,
+                      const wxSize& size,
+                      long style,
+                      const wxValidator& validator,
+                      const wxString& name)
+{
+    if (!PreCreation( parent, pos, size ) ||
+        !CreateBase( parent, id, pos, size, style, validator, name ))
+    {
+        wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("wxButton creation failed") );
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // create either a standard button with text label (which may still contain
+    // an image under GTK+ 2.6+) or a bitmap-only button if we don't have any
+    // label
+    const bool
+        useLabel = !(style & wxBU_NOTEXT) && (!label.empty() || wxIsStockID(id));
+    if ( useLabel )
+    {
+        m_widget = gtk_button_new_with_mnemonic("");
+    }
+    else // no label, suppose we will have a bitmap
+    {
+        m_widget = gtk_button_new();
+
+        GtkWidget *image = gtk_image_new();
+        gtk_widget_show(image);
+        gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(m_widget), image);
+    }
+
+    g_object_ref(m_widget);
+
+    float x_alignment = 0.5;
+    if (HasFlag(wxBU_LEFT))
+        x_alignment = 0.0;
+    else if (HasFlag(wxBU_RIGHT))
+        x_alignment = 1.0;
+
+    float y_alignment = 0.5;
+    if (HasFlag(wxBU_TOP))
+        y_alignment = 0.0;
+    else if (HasFlag(wxBU_BOTTOM))
+        y_alignment = 1.0;
+
+    gtk_button_set_alignment(GTK_BUTTON(m_widget), x_alignment, y_alignment);
+
+    if ( useLabel )
+        SetLabel(label);
+
+    if (style & wxNO_BORDER)
+       gtk_button_set_relief( GTK_BUTTON(m_widget), GTK_RELIEF_NONE );
+
+    g_signal_connect_after (m_widget, "clicked",
+                            G_CALLBACK (wxgtk_button_clicked_callback),
+                            this);
+
+    g_signal_connect_after (m_widget, "style_set",
+                            G_CALLBACK (wxgtk_button_style_set_callback),
+                            this);
+
+    m_parent->DoAddChild( this );
+
+    PostCreation(size);
+
+    return true;
+}