Openbox Themes in gtk-theme-switch

I've got a little problem with gtk-theme-switch, both Openbox, and gtk-theme-switch expect their respective themes to be in ~/.themes, obconf can tell the difference, and doesn't show those that won't work, gtk-theme-switch, however, shows all my Openbox themes, which it won't work with.
I would be really grateful if someone could provide me with a solution, or of necessary, an alternate program to change GTK themes in a pure Openbox environment.

It has two commands, switch, for old GTK1.x themes, and switch2 for GTK2 themes.
I'll try gtk-chtheme and see if it makes any difference.
Yep, gtk-chtheme doesn't show my Openbox themes, thanks.
Last edited by Jaejae (2008-05-24 07:54:46)

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Openbox Theme from GTK theme [beta]

Something like this surely exists, here is my version..
Creates an Openbox Theme from your chosen GTK Theme ... ..in 1), 2), 3)...
1) you need to launch your theme changing from a script like this (instead of calling your GTK switcher directly)
#!/bin/bash
# call your gtk theme switcher and as it quits create a matching openbox theme
# command for gtk theme switcher
lxappearance
# path to auto openbox theme generator script
~/bin/auto-openbox-theme
# launch obconf (so you can select the newly made theme)
obconf
exit
2) For that to work you also need this next script in ~/bin/auto-openbox-theme and made executable
#!/bin/bash
# Looks for the current GTK theme and automatically creates a matching Openbox theme
# The script fails on themes not following the Clearlooks convention..
# ..future improvements will account for this - for now the script politely fails on such themes.
# function used to see if script is generating empty results from GTK it can't handle yet
function emptycheck {
if [ -s $myfile ]
then
echo "$myfile has data."
else
echo "$myfile is empty."
xmessage "Sorry this gtk is not handled yet. You should not select the generated Openbox Theme this time."
exit
fi
# main script #
# copy ~/.gtkrc-2.0 to a new file and remove all data except theme name line (!d = don't delete)
sed /gtk-theme-name/!d ~/.gtkrc-2.0 > ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
# remove string before gtk theme name and return info to this file (-i)
sed -i s/gtk-theme-name=// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
# strip off all (/g) speach marks (\") and return info to this file (-i)
sed -i s/\"//g ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
# place the theme name in a variable
mygtktheme=$(cat ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info)
# copy file called mygtktheme to a new file
sed /gtk_color_scheme/!d ~/.themes/"$mygtktheme"/gtk-2.0/gtkrc > ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
# strip the line down to just colours
sed -i s/gtk_color_scheme\ =\ \"// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i s/gtk-color-scheme\ =\ \"// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i s/fg_color\:#// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i s/bg_color\:#// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i s/base_color\:#// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i s/text_color\:#// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i s/selected_bg_color\:#// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i s/selected_fg_color\:#// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i s/tooltip_bg_color\:#// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i s/tooltip_fg_color\:#// ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i s/\"//g ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
# force \n to be a true line break so colours on individual lines
sed -i s/\n/\\n/g ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
sed -i 's/\\//g' ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info
# store some colours for use in Openbox theme
# don't delete (!d) line number n and place it in a text file colournX
# where X is used later to aid production of Openbox theme
sed '1!d' ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info > /tmp/colour1V
sed '2!d' ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info > /tmp/colour2W
sed '3!d' ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info > /tmp/colour3X
sed '4!d' ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info > /tmp/colour4Y
sed '5!d' ~/.gtk-match-openbox-info > /tmp/colour5Z
# check if we have empty data from unhandled GTK themes
myfile="/tmp/colour1V"
emptycheck
myfile="/tmp/colour2W"
emptycheck
myfile="/tmp/colour3X"
emptycheck
myfile="/tmp/colour4Y"
emptycheck
myfile="/tmp/colour5Z"
emptycheck
# hold the above in varibles
myV=$(cat /tmp/colour1V)
myW=$(cat /tmp/colour2W)
myX=$(cat /tmp/colour3X)
myY=$(cat /tmp/colour4Y)
myZ=$(cat /tmp/colour5Z)
# make Openbox theme by replacing VWXYZ in template with colours
sed s/VVVVVV/$myV/g ~/.themes/obthemetemplate/openbox-3/TEMPLATE > /tmp/obtheme
sed -i s/WWWWWW/$myW/g /tmp/obtheme
sed -i s/XXXXXX/$myX/g /tmp/obtheme
sed -i s/YYYYYY/$myY/g /tmp/obtheme
sed s/ZZZZZZ/$myZ/g /tmp/obtheme > ~/.themes/obthemetemplate/openbox-3/themerc
# update rc.xml
#urxvt -e /usr/bin/obconf
3) AND you need this folder in your ~/.themes/ folder - download it, extract and copy to ~/.themes
4) (optional but welcome) Post your fails, post your abusive and constructive criticism, and post your "hey why don't you use this 5million times better version here?"'s
thanks, bye

Works fine here. Thanks for the script, it's quite handy and I got at last a nice OB theme witch fits with the murrina chrome gtk theme

Openbox gtk themes

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gnome-settings-daemon is probably to blame.
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So friday, I tried to install Openbox on my second desktop, and it was an EPIC FAIL !
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2] I was unable to found a complete GTK2 theme (needed by some apps)
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I don't use openbox, i use fluxbox, but i may have some solutions for you.
1) icon issue. I use this icon theme nuovext2. Install with 'yaourt -Ss nuovext2'
this is a kind of shiny icon theme, i happen to like it alot and haven't run into any issues with missing icons. This will get you going even if you don't like the theme.
2) I am not sure what problems you are refering to when you say complete gtk2 theme. Many complete gtk2 themes can be found on www.art.gnome.org. Perhaps what you are missing is the .gtkrc-2.0 file in your home directory. This will give you the control to choose which font, gtk theme, and icon theme. I'll post mine.
gtk-font-name = "sans 8"
gtk-theme-name = "Aurora-Blanco"
gtk-icon-theme-name = "nuovext2"
some older or no longer supported apps may still need gtk1. The syntax is exactly the same for this file which is named .gtkrc - so i just simlink it to my .gtkrc-2.0. You can control this globally by putting this is the /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc file. Just make sure the theme and icon sets you want to use are installed in the /usr/share themes and icon directories. OK, i feel i am rambling now. next.
3) asking for a list of daemons required to run openbox is kind of an open ended question. It's more like what daemons are required for the apps you want to run while using openbox. I'll post the startup daemons i use for my fluxbox system.
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Am I correct to assume that in using gtk-theme-switch to set fonts that, once set, the same font is then used for all applications employing gtk-2? Looking at the program's little interface, I can't see how one might use it on, say, one program, then another one and so on. Precisely how is this thing used anyway?
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finferflu wrote:Yes, gtk-theme-switch creates some entries in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file. You will have to remove the theme entries in there.
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I use tab to select my option a ton and hate not being able to tell what I'm looking at.
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HI,
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bg[NORMAL] = @bg_color
bg[ACTIVE] = shade (0.60, @bg_color)
bg[PRELIGHT] = shade (0.6, @bg_color)
bg[SELECTED] = @selected_bg_color
bg[INSENSITIVE] = shade (1.03,@bg_color)
base[NORMAL] = @base_color
base[PRELIGHT] = @base_color
base[SELECTED] = @selected_bg_color
base[INSENSITIVE] = @bg_color
base[ACTIVE] = @selected_bg_color
text[NORMAL] = @text_color
text[PRELIGHT] = @text_color
text[SELECTED] = @selected_fg_color
text[INSENSITIVE] = @text_color
text[ACTIVE] = @text_color
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ythickness = 2
style "murrine-wider"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
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fg[ACTIVE] = mix (0.8, '#ffffef', @fg_color)
fg[INSENSITIVE] = mix (0.9, '#ffffef', @fg_color)
style "murrine-button"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
text[NORMAL] = "#000000"
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text[ACTIVE] = "#000000"
bg[NORMAL] = @bg_color
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bg[NORMAL] = "#363330"
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bg[ACTIVE] = shade (0.95, @bg_color)
xthickness = 2
style "murrine-notebook" = "murrine-notebook-bg"
xthickness = 2
style "murrine-tasklist"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
style "murrine-panel" = "murrine-dark" {
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
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rgba = TRUE
highlight_ratio = 1.0
reliefstyle = 2
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style "murrine-menu" = "murrine-dark"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
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text[NORMAL] = @bg_color
text[PRELIGHT] = @selected_fg_color
style "murrine-menu-item" = "murrine-dark"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
bg[NORMAL] = "#363330"
engine "murrine" {
roundness = 0
contrast = 0.2
style "murrine-separator-menu-item"
GtkSeparatorMenuItem::horizontal-padding = 0
GtkWidget::wide-separators = 1
GtkWidget::separator-width = 1
GtkWidget::separator-height = 1
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ythickness = 0
style "murrine-treeview"
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xthickness = 2
ythickness = 1
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text[NORMAL] = shade (1.15, @bg_color) # Color for checks/radio items.
text[PRELIGHT] = @selected_fg_color # Color for selected checks/radio items.
engine "murrine"{
style "murrine-tooltips"
xthickness = 4
ythickness = 4
bg[NORMAL] = @tooltip_bg_color
fg[NORMAL] = @tooltip_fg_color
style "murrine-progressbar"
xthickness = 1
ythickness = 1
fg[PRELIGHT] = @selected_fg_color
bg[SELECTED] = "#9C9478"
style "murrine-comboboxentry"
style "murrine-spinbutton"
style "murrine-scale"
bg[PRELIGHT] = shade(0.9,@bg_color)
style "murrine-hscale" = "murrine-scale"
style "murrine-vscale" = "murrine-scale"
style "murrine-scrollbar"
bg[NORMAL] = shade (1.0, @bg_color)
engine "murrine" {
#highlight_ratio = 1.3
scrollbar_color = "#9C9478"
#glazestyle = 0
roundness = 1
rgba = FALSE
GtkRange ::trough-border = 3
style "murrine-hscrollbar" = "murrine-scrollbar"
style "murrine-vscrollbar" = "murrine-scrollbar"
style "murrine-menubar" = "murrine-dark"
bg[NORMAL] = "#363330"
engine "murrine"{
gradient_shades = {1.0,0.9,0.9,0.75}
style "murrine-frame"
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bg[ACTIVE] = shade(0.2,@bg_color)
fg[NORMAL] = mix (1.5, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
fg[PRELIGHT] = mix (1.4, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
style "murrine-frame-title" = "murrine-frame"
fg[NORMAL] = lighter (@fg_color)
style "murrine-nautilus-location"
bg[NORMAL] = mix(0.60, shade (1.05,@bg_color), @selected_bg_color)
# Matches
# murrine default style is applied to every widget
class "GtkWidget" style "murrine-default"
# Increase the x/ythickness in some widgets
class "GtkRange" style "murrine-default"
class "GtkFrame" style "murrine-frame"
class "GtkSeparator" style "murrine-wide"
class "GtkEntry" style "murrine-wider"
class "GtkStatusbar" style "murrine-default"
class "GtkToolbar" style "murrine-toolbar"
class "GtkMenuBar" style:highest "murrine-menubar"
class "*HandleBox" style "murrine-toolbar"
widget_class "*HandleBox" style "murrine-toolbar"
class "GtkSpinButton" style "murrine-spinbutton"
class "GtkScale" style "murrine-scale"
class "GtkVScale" style "murrine-vscale"
class "GtkHScale" style "murrine-hscale"
class "GtkScrollbar" style "murrine-scrollbar"
class "GtkVScrollbar" style "murrine-vscrollbar"
class "GtkHScrollbar" style "murrine-hscrollbar"
class "GtkButton" style "murrine-button"
class "GtkRadioButton*" style "murrine-radiocheck" # SZ07: Added for the checkmarks/radio
class "GtkCheckButton" style "murrine-radiocheck" # SZ07: Added for the checkmarks/radio
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widget_class "*<GtkStatusbar>*" style "murrine-wider"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>*<GtkDrawingArea>" style "murrine-notebook-bg"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>*<GtkLayout>" style "murrine-notebook-bg"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>" style "murrine-notebook"
widget_class "*<GtkComboBoxEntry>*" style "murrine-comboboxentry"
widget_class "*<GtkCombo>*" style "murrine-comboboxentry"
widget_class "*<GtkMenu>*" style "murrine-menu"
widget_class "*<GtkMenuItem>*" style "murrine-menu-item"
widget_class "*<GtkSeparatorMenuItem>*" style "murrine-separator-menu-item"
widget_class "*<GtkFrame>" style "murrine-frame"
widget_class "*.<GtkFrame>.<GtkLabel>" style "murrine-frame-title"
widget_class "*.<GtkTreeView>*" style "murrine-treeview"
widget_class "*<GtkStatusbar>*" style "murrine-wider"
widget_class "*<GtkProgressBar>" style "murrine-progressbar"
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widget_class "*.<GtkTreeView>.<GtkButton>" style "murrine-treeview-header"
widget_class "*.<GtkCTree>.<GtkButton>" style "murrine-treeview-header"
widget_class "*.<GtkList>.<GtkButton>" style "murrine-treeview-header"
widget_class "*.<GtkCList>.<GtkButton>" style "murrine-treeview-header"
widget_class "*<GtkToolbar>.*" style "murrine-toolbar"
#Panel
widget "*PanelWidget*" style "murrine-panel"
widget "*PanelApplet*" style "murrine-panel"
widget "*fast-user-switch*" style "murrine-panel" # Workaround for Fast User Switch applet
class "PanelApp*" style "murrine-panel"
class "PanelToplevel*" style "murrine-panel"
#The panel menubar
widget_class "*Panel*<GtkMenuBar>*" style:highest "murrine-panel"
# The window of the tooltip is called "gtk-tooltip"
widget "gtk-tooltip*" style "murrine-tooltips"
# Special cases and work arounds
# Fixes toolbars inside frames. Will be overridden later.
style "murrine-toolbar-flat" = "murrine-default"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
engine "murrine"
toolbarstyle = 0
widget_class "*.*.*.*.*.*Toolbar*" style "murrine-toolbar-flat"
widget_class "*.*.*.*.*.*HandleBox*" style "murrine-toolbar-flat"
#Undo for Epiphany (FIXME find a better way to do this)
#widget_class "*EphyToolbar*" style "pixmap-toolbar"
#widget_class "*EphyToolbar*.*.*.*" style "murrine-toolbar"
# Workarounds for Evolution
widget_class "*.ETable.ECanvas" style "murrine-treeview-header"
widget_class "*.ETree.ECanvas" style "murrine-treeview-header"
#Firefox isn't nice to dark themes, so unset the dark stuff.
#widget "MozillaGtkWidget*Toolbar*" style "murrine-default"
#widget "MozillaGtkWidget*Frame*" style "murrine-default"
#Thunderbird too. But since Thunderbird uses the same theming engine as FF2, things are worse for us.
# Special case the nautilus-extra-view-widget
# ToDo: A more generic approach for all applications that have a widget like this.
widget "*.nautilus-extra-view-widget" style : highest "murrine-nautilus-location"
# Work around for http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382646
style "murrine-text-is-fg-color-workaround"
text[NORMAL] = @fg_color
text[PRELIGHT] = @fg_color
text[SELECTED] = @selected_fg_color
text[ACTIVE] = @fg_color
text[INSENSITIVE] = darker (@bg_color)
widget_class "*.<GtkComboBox>.<GtkCellView>" style "murrine-text-is-fg-color-workaround"
style "murrine-text-is-fg-color-workaround-dark"
#Make it work with this theme!
text[NORMAL] = mix (1.5, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
text[PRELIGHT] = mix (1.4, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
widget_class "*Toolbar*.<GtkComboBox>.<GtkCellView>" style "murrine-text-is-fg-color-workaround-dark"
style "murrine-menuitem-text-is-fg-color-workaround"
#text[NORMAL] = @fg_color
#text[PRELIGHT] = @selected_fg_color
#text[SELECTED] = @selected_fg_color
#text[ACTIVE] = @fg_color
#text[INSENSITIVE] = darker (@bg_color)
#Make it work with this theme!
text[NORMAL] = mix (1.5, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
text[PRELIGHT] = mix (1.4, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
widget "*.gtk-combobox-popup-menu.*" style "murrine-menuitem-text-is-fg-color-workaround"
# Work around the usage of GtkLabel inside GtkListItems to display text.
# This breaks because the label is shown on a background that is based on the
# base color set.
style "murrine-fg-is-text-color-workaround"
fg[NORMAL] = @text_color
fg[PRELIGHT] = @text_color
fg[ACTIVE] = @selected_fg_color
fg[SELECTED] = @selected_fg_color
fg[INSENSITIVE] = darker (@bg_color)
widget_class "*<GtkListItem>*" style "murrine-fg-is-text-color-workaround"
# The same problem also exists for GtkCList and GtkCTree
# Only match GtkCList and not the parent widgets, because that would also change the headers.
widget_class "*<GtkCList>" style "murrine-fg-is-text-color-workaround"
#Rhythmbox toolbar near the search entry. Use default + wide so that it doesn't turn dark.
style "murrine-rhythmbox-header" = "murrine-default"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
engine "murrine" {
widget "*RBSourceHeader*" style:highest "murrine-rhythmbox-header"
widget "*HeaderToolbar*" style:highest "murrine-rhythmbox-header"
widget "*FooterToolbar*" style:highest "murrine-rhythmbox-header"
widget "*swt*toolbar*" style "murrine-default"
#Evolution toolbar
style "murrine-evo-new-button-workaround" = "murrine-dark"
engine "murrine"
toolbarstyle = 0
widget_class "EShellWindow.GtkVBox.BonoboDock.BonoboDockBand.BonoboDockItem*" style "murrine-evo-new-button-workaround"
# RSC: Fix for CPU frequency applet
style "applet-text" = "murrine-panel"
fg[NORMAL] = @bg_color
widget_class "*CPUFreqApplet*" style:highest "applet-text"

Hello,
I recently moved to Macchiato gtk theme, which is very nice. Sadly it has a problem with Firefox/Thunderbird buttons that I'm unable to fix. Explained by images:
no mouse over button:
(if you look closer, you'll see that text is barely visible, but bg/fg colors are almost same)
mouse over button:
I tried playing with gtkrc, no luck. I'm using gtk-engine-murrine svn as of Feb 26.
Help please.
gtkrc for convenience
# Macchiato
# by Jesse L. Kay
# Last revision: 29 December 2008
# Set GtkSettings color scheme property.
# This can be overriden (via an xsetting) with eg. the gnome-appearance-properties.
gtk_color_scheme = "fg_color:#323232\nbg_color:#D3CAAA\nbase_color:#DED4B3\ntext_color:#323232\nselected_bg_color:#9C9478\nselected_fg_color:#fff\ntooltip_bg_color:#ebeab8\ntooltip_fg_color:#323232"
style "murrine-default"
# Style Properties
GtkButton ::child-displacement-x = 1
GtkButton ::child-displacement-y = 1
GtkButton ::default-border = { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
GtkCheckButton ::indicator-size = 14
GtkPaned ::handle-size = 6
GtkRange ::trough-border = 1
GtkRange ::slider-width = 8
GtkRange ::stepper-size = 13
GtkScale ::slider-length = 14
GtkScale ::slider-width = 8
GtkScale ::stepper-size = 13
GtkScale ::trough-side-details = 0
GtkScrollbar ::min-slider-length = 30
GtkMenuBar ::internal-padding = 0
GtkExpander ::expander-size = 16
GtkToolbar ::internal-padding = 1
GtkTreeView ::expander-size = 12
GtkTreeView ::vertical-separator = 0
GtkOptionMenu ::indicator-size = 0
GtkMenu ::horizontal-padding = 0
GtkMenu ::vertical-padding = 0
GtkScrolledWindow::scrollbar-spacing = 3
GtkNotebook::tab-curvature = 3
GtkNotebook::tab-overlap = 4
# Glow the tasklist by changing the color, instead of overlaying it with a rectangle
WnckTasklist ::fade-overlay-rect = 0
#WnckTasklist ::fade-loop-time = 5.0
#WnckTasklist ::fade-opacity = 0.7
xthickness = 1
ythickness = 1
fg[NORMAL] = @fg_color
fg[PRELIGHT] = @fg_color
fg[SELECTED] = @selected_fg_color
fg[INSENSITIVE] = darker (@bg_color)
fg[ACTIVE] = shade (0.60, @fg_color) #pidgin tabs, unselected tabs
bg[NORMAL] = @bg_color
bg[ACTIVE] = shade (0.60, @bg_color)
bg[PRELIGHT] = shade (0.6, @bg_color)
bg[SELECTED] = @selected_bg_color
bg[INSENSITIVE] = shade (1.03,@bg_color)
base[NORMAL] = @base_color
base[PRELIGHT] = @base_color
base[SELECTED] = @selected_bg_color
base[INSENSITIVE] = @bg_color
base[ACTIVE] = @selected_bg_color
text[NORMAL] = @text_color
text[PRELIGHT] = @text_color
text[SELECTED] = @selected_fg_color
text[INSENSITIVE] = @text_color
text[ACTIVE] = @text_color
# window background
bg_pixmap[NORMAL] = "window-bg.png"
engine "murrine"
animation = TRUE # FALSE = disabled, TRUE = enabled
colorize_scrollbar = TRUE # FALSE = disabled, TRUE = enabled
contrast = 0.8 # 0.8 for less contrast, more than 1.0 for more contrast on borders
glazestyle = 0 # 0 = flat highlight, 1 = curved highlight, 2 = concave style, 3 = top curved highlight, 4 = beryl highlight
gradient_shades = {1.09,1.01,1.01,0.9} # default: {1.1,1.0,1.0,1.1}
gradients = TRUE # FALSE = disabled, TRUE = enabled
highlight_ratio = 1.0 # set highlight amount for buttons or widgets
lightborder_ratio = 1.3 # sets lightborder amount for buttons or widgets
lightborderstyle = 1 # 0 = lightborder on top side, 1 = lightborder on all sides
listviewheaderstyle = 2 # 0 = flat, 1 = glassy, 2 = raised
listviewstyle = 1 # 0 = nothing, 1 = dotted
menubaritemstyle = 0 # 0 = menuitem look, 1 = button look
menubarstyle = 0 # 0 = flat, 1 = glassy, 2 = gradient, 3 = striped
menuitemstyle =0 # 0 = flat, 1 = glassy, 2 = striped
menustyle = 0 # 0 = no vertical menu stripe, 1 = display vertical menu stripe
reliefstyle = 0 # 0 = flat, 1 = inset, 2 = shadow
rgba = TRUE # FALSE = disabled, TRUE = enabled
roundness = 0 # 0 = squared, 1 = old default, more will increase roundness
scrollbarstyle = 0 # 0 = nothing, 1 = circles, 2 = handles, 3 = diagonal stripes, 4 = diagonal stripes and handles, 5 = horizontal stripes, 6 = horizontal stripes and handles
sliderstyle = 0 # 0 = nothing added, 1 = handles
stepperstyle = 1 # 0 = standard, 1 = integrated stepper handles, 2 = unknown
# style = MURRINE # engine style options: CANDIDO, CLEARLOOKS, MIST, MURRINE, NODOKA
toolbarstyle = 0 # 0 = flat, 1 = glassy, 2 = gradient
style "murrine-wide"
xthickness = 2
ythickness = 2
style "murrine-wider"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
style "murrine-dark"
bg[NORMAL] = shade(0.2,@bg_color)
bg[SELECTED] = shade(0.9,@selected_bg_color)
bg[PRELIGHT] = shade (0.5, @selected_bg_color)
bg[ACTIVE] = mix (0.5, @selected_bg_color, shade(0.2,@bg_color))
bg[INSENSITIVE] = shade(0.2,@bg_color)
fg[NORMAL] = mix (0.9, '#ffffef', @fg_color)
fg[PRELIGHT] = mix (0.8, '#ffffef', @fg_color)
fg[SELECTED] = mix (0.8, '#ffffef', @fg_color)
fg[ACTIVE] = mix (0.8, '#ffffef', @fg_color)
fg[INSENSITIVE] = mix (0.9, '#ffffef', @fg_color)
style "murrine-button"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
text[NORMAL] = "#000000"
text[PRELIGHT] = shade (0.20, @bg_color)
text[ACTIVE] = "#000000"
bg[NORMAL] = @bg_color
bg[PRELIGHT] = shade (1.20, @bg_color)
bg[ACTIVE] = @bg_color
fg[NORMAL] = @bg_color
style "murrine-toolbar" = "murrine-dark"
bg[SELECTED] = "#363330"
bg[NORMAL] = "#363330"
bg[PRELIGHT] = "#363330"
bg[ACTIVE] = "#363330"
engine "murrine"{
gradient_shades = {1.0,0.9,0.9,0.75}
profile = MURRINE
style "murrine-notebook-bg" = "murrine-default"
bg[NORMAL] = shade (1.05, @bg_color)
bg[ACTIVE] = shade (0.95, @bg_color)
xthickness = 2
style "murrine-notebook" = "murrine-notebook-bg"
xthickness = 2
style "murrine-tasklist"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
style "murrine-panel" = "murrine-dark" {
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
bg[NORMAL] = "#4D453F"
bg[PRELIGHT] = shade (0.5, @bg_color)
bg[ACTIVE] = "#45413E"
fg[NORMAL] = @bg_color
fg[PRELIGHT] = @bg_color
fg[ACTIVE] = @bg_color
engine "murrine" {
roundness = 1
rgba = TRUE
highlight_ratio = 1.0
reliefstyle = 2
contrast = 0.8
style "murrine-menu" = "murrine-dark"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
bg[NORMAL] = "#363330"
text[NORMAL] = @bg_color
text[PRELIGHT] = @selected_fg_color
style "murrine-menu-item" = "murrine-dark"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
bg[NORMAL] = "#363330"
engine "murrine" {
roundness = 0
contrast = 0.2
style "murrine-separator-menu-item"
GtkSeparatorMenuItem::horizontal-padding = 0
GtkWidget::wide-separators = 1
GtkWidget::separator-width = 1
GtkWidget::separator-height = 1
xthickness = 1
ythickness = 0
style "murrine-treeview"
# Based on the default style so that the colors from the button
# style are overriden again.
style "murrine-treeview-header" = "murrine-button"
xthickness = 2
ythickness = 1
GtkWidget::focus-line-width = 0
engine "murrine" {
# SZ07: This is added to tell the theme how to color checkmarks and radio items that are not in menus.
style "murrine-radiocheck" = "murrine-default"
text[NORMAL] = shade (1.15, @bg_color) # Color for checks/radio items.
text[PRELIGHT] = @selected_fg_color # Color for selected checks/radio items.
engine "murrine"{
style "murrine-tooltips"
xthickness = 4
ythickness = 4
bg[NORMAL] = @tooltip_bg_color
fg[NORMAL] = @tooltip_fg_color
style "murrine-progressbar"
xthickness = 1
ythickness = 1
fg[PRELIGHT] = @selected_fg_color
bg[SELECTED] = "#9C9478"
style "murrine-comboboxentry"
style "murrine-spinbutton"
style "murrine-scale"
bg[PRELIGHT] = shade(0.9,@bg_color)
style "murrine-hscale" = "murrine-scale"
style "murrine-vscale" = "murrine-scale"
style "murrine-scrollbar"
bg[NORMAL] = shade (1.0, @bg_color)
engine "murrine" {
#highlight_ratio = 1.3
scrollbar_color = "#9C9478"
#glazestyle = 0
roundness = 1
rgba = FALSE
GtkRange ::trough-border = 3
style "murrine-hscrollbar" = "murrine-scrollbar"
style "murrine-vscrollbar" = "murrine-scrollbar"
style "murrine-menubar" = "murrine-dark"
bg[NORMAL] = "#363330"
engine "murrine"{
gradient_shades = {1.0,0.9,0.9,0.75}
style "murrine-frame"
#Uncomment for dark statusbars. Breaks some apps.
bg[ACTIVE] = shade(0.2,@bg_color)
fg[NORMAL] = mix (1.5, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
fg[PRELIGHT] = mix (1.4, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
style "murrine-frame-title" = "murrine-frame"
fg[NORMAL] = lighter (@fg_color)
style "murrine-nautilus-location"
bg[NORMAL] = mix(0.60, shade (1.05,@bg_color), @selected_bg_color)
# Matches
# murrine default style is applied to every widget
class "GtkWidget" style "murrine-default"
# Increase the x/ythickness in some widgets
class "GtkRange" style "murrine-default"
class "GtkFrame" style "murrine-frame"
class "GtkSeparator" style "murrine-wide"
class "GtkEntry" style "murrine-wider"
class "GtkStatusbar" style "murrine-default"
class "GtkToolbar" style "murrine-toolbar"
class "GtkMenuBar" style:highest "murrine-menubar"
class "*HandleBox" style "murrine-toolbar"
widget_class "*HandleBox" style "murrine-toolbar"
class "GtkSpinButton" style "murrine-spinbutton"
class "GtkScale" style "murrine-scale"
class "GtkVScale" style "murrine-vscale"
class "GtkHScale" style "murrine-hscale"
class "GtkScrollbar" style "murrine-scrollbar"
class "GtkVScrollbar" style "murrine-vscrollbar"
class "GtkHScrollbar" style "murrine-hscrollbar"
class "GtkButton" style "murrine-button"
class "GtkRadioButton*" style "murrine-radiocheck" # SZ07: Added for the checkmarks/radio
class "GtkCheckButton" style "murrine-radiocheck" # SZ07: Added for the checkmarks/radio
# General matching following, the order is choosen so that the right styles override each other
# eg. progressbar needs to be more important then the menu match.
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>*<GtkEventBox>" style "murrine-notebook-bg"
widget_class "*<GtkStatusbar>*" style "murrine-wider"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>*<GtkDrawingArea>" style "murrine-notebook-bg"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>*<GtkLayout>" style "murrine-notebook-bg"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>" style "murrine-notebook"
widget_class "*<GtkComboBoxEntry>*" style "murrine-comboboxentry"
widget_class "*<GtkCombo>*" style "murrine-comboboxentry"
widget_class "*<GtkMenu>*" style "murrine-menu"
widget_class "*<GtkMenuItem>*" style "murrine-menu-item"
widget_class "*<GtkSeparatorMenuItem>*" style "murrine-separator-menu-item"
widget_class "*<GtkFrame>" style "murrine-frame"
widget_class "*.<GtkFrame>.<GtkLabel>" style "murrine-frame-title"
widget_class "*.<GtkTreeView>*" style "murrine-treeview"
widget_class "*<GtkStatusbar>*" style "murrine-wider"
widget_class "*<GtkProgressBar>" style "murrine-progressbar"
# Treeview header
widget_class "*.<GtkTreeView>.<GtkButton>" style "murrine-treeview-header"
widget_class "*.<GtkCTree>.<GtkButton>" style "murrine-treeview-header"
widget_class "*.<GtkList>.<GtkButton>" style "murrine-treeview-header"
widget_class "*.<GtkCList>.<GtkButton>" style "murrine-treeview-header"
widget_class "*<GtkToolbar>.*" style "murrine-toolbar"
#Panel
widget "*PanelWidget*" style "murrine-panel"
widget "*PanelApplet*" style "murrine-panel"
widget "*fast-user-switch*" style "murrine-panel" # Workaround for Fast User Switch applet
class "PanelApp*" style "murrine-panel"
class "PanelToplevel*" style "murrine-panel"
#The panel menubar
widget_class "*Panel*<GtkMenuBar>*" style:highest "murrine-panel"
# The window of the tooltip is called "gtk-tooltip"
widget "gtk-tooltip*" style "murrine-tooltips"
# Special cases and work arounds
# Fixes toolbars inside frames. Will be overridden later.
style "murrine-toolbar-flat" = "murrine-default"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
engine "murrine"
toolbarstyle = 0
widget_class "*.*.*.*.*.*Toolbar*" style "murrine-toolbar-flat"
widget_class "*.*.*.*.*.*HandleBox*" style "murrine-toolbar-flat"
#Undo for Epiphany (FIXME find a better way to do this)
#widget_class "*EphyToolbar*" style "pixmap-toolbar"
#widget_class "*EphyToolbar*.*.*.*" style "murrine-toolbar"
# Workarounds for Evolution
widget_class "*.ETable.ECanvas" style "murrine-treeview-header"
widget_class "*.ETree.ECanvas" style "murrine-treeview-header"
#Firefox isn't nice to dark themes, so unset the dark stuff.
#widget "MozillaGtkWidget*Toolbar*" style "murrine-default"
#widget "MozillaGtkWidget*Frame*" style "murrine-default"
#Thunderbird too. But since Thunderbird uses the same theming engine as FF2, things are worse for us.
# Special case the nautilus-extra-view-widget
# ToDo: A more generic approach for all applications that have a widget like this.
widget "*.nautilus-extra-view-widget" style : highest "murrine-nautilus-location"
# Work around for http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382646
style "murrine-text-is-fg-color-workaround"
text[NORMAL] = @fg_color
text[PRELIGHT] = @fg_color
text[SELECTED] = @selected_fg_color
text[ACTIVE] = @fg_color
text[INSENSITIVE] = darker (@bg_color)
widget_class "*.<GtkComboBox>.<GtkCellView>" style "murrine-text-is-fg-color-workaround"
style "murrine-text-is-fg-color-workaround-dark"
#Make it work with this theme!
text[NORMAL] = mix (1.5, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
text[PRELIGHT] = mix (1.4, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
widget_class "*Toolbar*.<GtkComboBox>.<GtkCellView>" style "murrine-text-is-fg-color-workaround-dark"
style "murrine-menuitem-text-is-fg-color-workaround"
#text[NORMAL] = @fg_color
#text[PRELIGHT] = @selected_fg_color
#text[SELECTED] = @selected_fg_color
#text[ACTIVE] = @fg_color
#text[INSENSITIVE] = darker (@bg_color)
#Make it work with this theme!
text[NORMAL] = mix (1.5, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
text[PRELIGHT] = mix (1.4, @fg_color, '#ffffff')
widget "*.gtk-combobox-popup-menu.*" style "murrine-menuitem-text-is-fg-color-workaround"
# Work around the usage of GtkLabel inside GtkListItems to display text.
# This breaks because the label is shown on a background that is based on the
# base color set.
style "murrine-fg-is-text-color-workaround"
fg[NORMAL] = @text_color
fg[PRELIGHT] = @text_color
fg[ACTIVE] = @selected_fg_color
fg[SELECTED] = @selected_fg_color
fg[INSENSITIVE] = darker (@bg_color)
widget_class "*<GtkListItem>*" style "murrine-fg-is-text-color-workaround"
# The same problem also exists for GtkCList and GtkCTree
# Only match GtkCList and not the parent widgets, because that would also change the headers.
widget_class "*<GtkCList>" style "murrine-fg-is-text-color-workaround"
#Rhythmbox toolbar near the search entry. Use default + wide so that it doesn't turn dark.
style "murrine-rhythmbox-header" = "murrine-default"
xthickness = 3
ythickness = 3
engine "murrine" {
widget "*RBSourceHeader*" style:highest "murrine-rhythmbox-header"
widget "*HeaderToolbar*" style:highest "murrine-rhythmbox-header"
widget "*FooterToolbar*" style:highest "murrine-rhythmbox-header"
widget "*swt*toolbar*" style "murrine-default"
#Evolution toolbar
style "murrine-evo-new-button-workaround" = "murrine-dark"
engine "murrine"
toolbarstyle = 0
widget_class "EShellWindow.GtkVBox.BonoboDock.BonoboDockBand.BonoboDockItem*" style "murrine-evo-new-button-workaround"
# RSC: Fix for CPU frequency applet
style "applet-text" = "murrine-panel"
fg[NORMAL] = @bg_color
widget_class "*CPUFreqApplet*" style:highest "applet-text"

[SOLVED] Fluxbox and gtk theme

I have a problem with fluxbox. Some programs using gtk themes (e.g. spacefm, audacious) have ugly grayish 'redmond' look. I have tried to follow this how-to:
http://wiki.fluxbox.org/index.php?title … gtk_themes
and also tried to switch theme with lxapperance and gtk-chtheme. No success. The gtk-chtheme shows a correct theme, so within the preview the theme is fine. However, it won't change the appearance of other windows. Some other programs like firefox or thunderbird change the theme.
I have also tried to compile spacefm with gtk3 support and use adwaita theme. Again I got the ugly look. In other desktop managers, e.g. lxdm both spacefm and audacious look as expected.
Last edited by kmiernik (2013-05-15 11:23:25)

Thanks guys! It must have been something in the .config/gtk-3.0 folder. Once I removed it and created settings.ini like this one:
[Settings]
gtk-theme-name = Adwaita
gtk-icon-theme-name = Tango
gtk-fallback-icon-theme = gnome
gtk-font-name = Sans 8
gtk-auto-mnemonics = 1
gtk-visible-focus = automatic
I can have a normal appearance of gtk3 applications. Interesting thing is that this is exactly the same settings file I have tried before. Probably something else in the folder was overriding the theme.
Last edited by kmiernik (2013-05-15 11:24:06)

Conky matches GTK theme (concept)

Concept:
Conky executes a script every X seconds.
The executed script checks to see if the GTK theme has changed.
The script reads the GTK theme and finds FG and BG colours.
The script performs a sed command on the conkyrc to alter text to the new FG colour as defined by the GTK theme.
The script uses Imigmagik to change the background image used by conky (or sed to alter the background colour used by conky if used).
....well I'll try to make it, but can't promise anything

Hmmmmm...Nice idea, maybe.
I use it in transparent mode though, so i don't know. It would be more useful to just not clash with the wallpaper
Personally i'm using conky's predefined colour variables and just have a handful of colour schemes that i manually switch to in .conkyrc whenever it clashes with my wallpaper. Not too much trouble and one script less running..
Eg:
# Colour Scheme 1 - light brown
#default_color D9D4CC # Default color and border colour
#default_outline_color black # Default outline colour
#default_shade_color black # Default shading colour and border's shading colour
#color1 D9D4CC # headers
#color2 A89B85 # labels
# Colour Scheme 2 - light blue
default_color CCD4D9 # Default color and border colour
default_outline_color black # Default outline colour
default_shade_color black # Default shading colour and border's shading colour
color1 CCD4D9 # headers
color2 95ABB8 # labels

GTK Theme Menu Border or Alternative

I've been looking and looking and everything dead-ends with regards to this topic. Does anyone know of a way to put borders on the menu items for gtk themes?
I'm currently using Openbox as my WM and utilizing LXApperance and Openbox Themes for GUI.
Trouble I'm having is there is no way to put a border around the menus in the gtk theme. So all the menus that rely on that theme are showing up white with no border making them terribly difficult to use.
Does anyone have a work around for this or at least a way I can make these menus black with white text?
Any help is greatly appreciated :)

lessthanjake wrote:
FF is broken.
Imo not wort it customizing you theme for broken applications. It's like webpages and IE, if it is readable you should be happy
EDIT:
The theme looks promissing!! Seems like FF messes up "hover"-padding in the drop-down menu as well.
One could expect the mozilla group to fix things like that, I tested my theme on FF2 and the address bar acts the same.. but what do I know, and haven't even filed a bug report to them so I'll just keep my mouth shut. Oh well, just have to get used to it until they fix it I gues
Thanks for the comment, and yes, the padding seems to be out of balance as well. Didn't see it until now.

[Solved] Problem with GTK+ themes (some of the applications look ugly)

Hey everyone,
I just switched to Arch and have problems with getting the GTK+ themes to work. Some applications (i.e. pcmanfm, firefox) use the theme I set with lxappearance and other like transmission still look ugly. Any ideas what am I doing wrong?
Screenshot: http://s18.postimage.org/pz339bje1/screen.jpg
greets
Last edited by uns1gn3d (2013-02-01 16:32:52)

Another possibility is that you have the correct theme but don't have the associated theme engine installed. Poke around the themes a bit:
For a GTK2 theme: in the "theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" file look for the line that says "engine" and a name. Make sure you have that name installed.
For a GTK3 theme: in the "theme/gtk-3.0/gtk.css" file also look for "engine" and the name. Also make sure that engine is installed.
Themes are almost always in "/usr/share/themes/theme_name"
The files you look for to see which engine a theme uses may be in different files than the ones specified above, poke around in the files. The file that specifies the engine will be a text file so you can look at them using "less" or an alternative.
Last edited by headkase (2013-02-01 15:41:21)

Favorite GTK theme?

Well, we have a topic about your favorite theme engine: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=40349, but I having seen one that's about your favorite (GTK) theme, so here it is.
My favorite one so far is Murrine Tumsoo: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/ … tent=55177
It is, in my very humble and very biased opinion, one of the best dark theme around. The font color is easy to read and the whole theme color scheme is very easy on the eye. The only downside to the theme is that the font color for desktop icon is in light gray, so you can't see icon and folder name on desktop if you use bright wallpaper.
But enough about me, what's your favorite theme?
Last edited by zodmaner (2008-03-19 18:30:12)

dyscoria: Hey, no problem.
In fact, I've finally getting bored of my dark theme and switch over to MurrinaNeoGraphite that comes with murrine package.
Just like both of you said, switching from dark theme back to normal, light theme certainly lift my mood somewhat (even though the brightness is hurting my poor eyes).
Still, I listed Murrine Tumsoo as my favorite because it is the only dark theme that I could use (having try quite a number of dark themes and finally settle for this one). Ended up using it for almost 6 months.
Last edited by zodmaner (2008-03-19 18:55:03)

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