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Description:	Well, I think there are a lot of new themers who have trouble understanding gtkrc and think that the widget factory is some magical app that once you have that installed and you know how to use it theming becomes very easy. So this group I thought I'd start because I know there are a lot of experienced themers here with a lot of knowledge and a lot of new themers which have a lot of questions. This would be the place to discuss possible bugs and fixes and ideas and such. I think we need a place like this because: "No problem should ever have to be solved twice." Join if you have any knowledge in gtkrc or are interested in starting making themes and contributing to this site! Useful links: Object hierarchy (very useful for figuring out how to assign different classes and widgets and for figuring out why things got messed up during your last edit): http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/ch01.html Nice set of useful links on a number of topic: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt/Tutorials/UsefulLinks Well linked theming tutorial: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt/Tutorials/GtkThemes Yet another guide to theming: http://orford.org/gtk/ Another great set of links (some to the ones above, but there are more): http://www.gtk.org/documentation.html You can spend a lot of time clicking around live.gnome.org's stuff and get a lot of really useful information. http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/
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Created:	Apr 17 2008
Changed:	Apr 24 2008
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GTK2 Animation?

by cb2k on: Mar 22 2009

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Anybody know anything about gtk2 and animation?

Looking for something a bit more dynamic than the usual mouse/rollover effect...

Some of the progress bars have that animated candy stripe effect.

Does X11/Gtk2 support any other animated effects like animated gif's?

Re: GTK2 Animation?

by TheRob on: Mar 27 2009

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So far I have seen that kinda thing in e17 and
kde4....
not in gnome tho.

\\\\\\\"life sucks, get a f***ing helmet alright!\\\\\\\" -Denis Leary
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separators for dust sand ....

by KYRN on: Mar 23 2009

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KYRN

hi all !

could someone help me (see pict #2) for Evolution separators

the theme is based on gtkrc DUST SAND

thanks !

link:
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/2LATE?content=101345

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/index.php
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Re: separators for dust sand ....

by KYRN on: Mar 23 2009

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KYRN

ok for that , i found :

overlay_stretch = TRUE (was FALSE)

ANOTHER BUG BUT I'ILL TRY BY MYSELF

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/index.php
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Bold fonts on list header?

by JohnnyJupiter on: Mar 27 2009

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hey guys,

is it possible to make the title-fonts of a list bold, while the list-fonts stay normal?
like in a file-browser, on top of the list you have "name" "type" "size" etc...
those i want bold, it would look immediately more professional, like in KDE4, qt4 has that and it looks awesome...

i tried stuff with "GtkList*" but it applies bold-ness to all list-fonts...

can somebody give me a hint please?
thx in advance

Re: Bold fonts on list header?

by nyenty on: Aug 24 2009

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on some engines, you can change the listview header style... In banshee, these headers are banshee's ones... maybe there's an answer...

Re: Re: Bold fonts on list header?

by nyenty on: Aug 24 2009

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style "treeview_header"
{
font_name = "Bold"
}

widget_class ".<GtkTreeView>.<GtkButton>" style "treeview_header"
widget_class ".<GtkCTree>.<GtkButton>" style "treeview_header"
widget_class ".<GtkList>.<GtkButton>" style "treeview_header"
widget_class ".<GtkCList>.<GtkButton>" style "treeview_header"

Strangely it works with engines, colors, but not with the fonts...

Re: Re: Re: Bold fonts on list header?

by JohnnyJupiter on: Aug 24 2009

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Hi, thanks for your answer!
actually, in the meantime i found a gtk-engine which works very beautifully:
"aurora"
bold list-headers, beautiful buttons, etc..and it looks professional :)
i made a new theme based on that engine...

thx again

Re: Re: Re: Bold fonts on list header?

by JohnnyJupiter on: Aug 24 2009

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Hi, thanks for your answer!
actually, in the meantime i found a gtk-engine which works very beautifully:
"aurora"
bold list-headers, beautiful buttons, etc..and it looks professional :)
i made a new theme based on that engine...

thx again

Re: Re: Re: Re: Bold fonts on list header?

by nyenty on: Aug 24 2009

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where is this theme ?

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bold fonts on list header?

by nyenty on: Aug 24 2009

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so that is the answer

style "theme-tree"
{
font_name = "Bold"
}
widget_class "<GtkTreeView>.<GtkButton>" style "theme-tree"
widget_class "<GtkCTree>.<GtkButton>" style "theme-tree"
widget_class "<GtkList>.<GtkButton>" style "theme-tree"
widget_class "<GtkCList>.<GtkButton>" style "theme-tree"

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bold fonts on list header?

by nyenty on: Aug 24 2009

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i would like to know if it is also possible for tabs and menubar...

Ugly App's

by cb2k on: Jun 16 2009

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Open office is hideous and not obeying the sliders don't conform to all the states they do in every other app so
I reckon it must have it's own rc file... The OOo Menus are bad I mean really bad...

I don't use evolution Does Anybody?
Is it worth it?
Going by what the general story seems to be it'll have it's own awkward oddities can't be worse than the open office menu's can it?.

Pretty much everything else seems ok so far...

iF thERE ARE any gtk gurus out there I could do with a little enlightenment on how to give those the makeover they need.

Damn back to the Gnome Doc's again why do they never just do them in normal in stead of Geek...

Bespin Tabs

by TheRob on: Aug 23 2009

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Does anybody here know if there is a way
to make the tabs in gtk the way they are in bespin???

not just the tab panes, but the whole area above
the notebook.... like in bespin.

I would be most grateful.

//Robert

\\\\\\\"life sucks, get a f***ing helmet alright!\\\\\\\" -Denis Leary
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Re: Bespin Tabs

by nyenty on: Aug 28 2009

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im searchin if its possible to have bold fonts in the gtk notebook tabs...

Re: Re: Bespin Tabs

by code933k on: Aug 29 2009

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Yeah. It is possible, and most themes should implement that.

Anyway, just learn how to define fonts and font settings in gtk (very easy but I don't recall at this time - similar to css definitions) And add them to the tabs group in your gtkrc code.

The links are above.

Re: Bespin Tabs

by code933k on: Aug 29 2009

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You n00b, what the heck is bespin anyway? ;)

Please add a linked screnshot Rob. Cheers.

Re: Re: Bespin Tabs

by TheRob on: Aug 29 2009

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Hehe, bespin is a theme for kde4/qt4.

It has very cool looking tabs and other
widgets, yeah, screenshot needed indeed.

here:

http://img339.yfrog.com/img339/8553/shotbespinsmall.png

I don't think this is possible but, anyways....

how are you doing btw?

//Robert

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Re: Re: Re: Bespin Tabs

by SkiesOfAzel on: Oct 10 2009

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Hmm, you came back from the dark side ?? This isn't possible with gtk cause the widgets aren't location aware, so you can't specify which tab is the first and which is last. This will be resolved in gtk 3.x with the new css engine btw.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Bespin Tabs

by TheRob on: Oct 11 2009

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hehe, nope :D still on the dark side, tho, circumstances
force me to use some gtk apps :(

Ic, I'll guess I'll have to wait for gtk3 then.

thx for heads up!

//Robert

\\\\\\\"life sucks, get a f***ing helmet alright!\\\\\\\" -Denis Leary
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complete noobie !

by johnnyg on: Aug 24 2009

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Hi everyone, I am wondering if there is some kind of "how to" or tutorial on the making of themes, as I am very interested in trying my hand at theming, But,alas, I have no clue where to start, I have had the theme factory installed on prior installations, But, As posted earlier, Theme factory, duz not a theme'r make !

Johnnyg
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Re: complete noobie !

by code933k on: Aug 29 2009

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Check out the links at group description box.

Re: complete noobie !

by nyenty on: Aug 29 2009

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If tou are a beginner, i 'm sure that this app : http://gnomecc.sourceforge.net/ should be perfect.
All that you'll configure by this way is saved as a gtkrc in ~.gtkrc2.0-gnome-color-chooser.
there are some settings you'll need, but have some fun with gnome color chooser before. i'll answer to your questions after.
this app is very easy to use and to install.
it is include in ubuntu official repositories, and maybe other distros.