[lubuntu-users] 19.04LXQt Change title bar to a different color?

[Mark F]

I just switched to the LXQt Lubuntu. I thought the LXDE environment had a
tool that let you modify the default theme (ex. the top bar of windows).

I use a dark'ish solid color background. 19.04s black bar doesn't work well
for me. I don't see anyway to change it in LXQt.

Thoughts being new to LXQt:

1. The installer, when it asked if I wanted to replace the existing Lubuntu
(or install alongside) was unnerving to me. The old installer seemed more
straightforward to me. The way this one gives you a gparted'ish display of
partitions, I was a little rattled about accepting what it was going to do.

If I recall, it showed sda1, sda2, et. al. for the various partitions. For
the most part, that matched what I understood about my disk. But, the
existing Lubuntu partition seemed out of place, and didn't have the sda
identifier. Something about that seemed almost like *too much* information,
or not enough. I felt like I was being asked to confirm more than I needed
to, without enough information to do it.

2. Something about the way the mouse scroll wheel seems unnecessarily glam.
I found the option to turn it down to 1 line per movement. That helped a
lot. But, still, compared to how the scroll wheel behaves in application
windows.... something feels different.

I wish that wouldn't be the case. It doesn't feel intuitive to have to
readjust your interaction with your computer depending on which window
you're in. I know that apps can add "coolness" to the scroll wheel too.
But, most don't. I wish all wouldn't. And I wish LXQt didn't. (Something
about it, even when it's turned down to 1, which should be the default IMO,
feels different than scrolling other apps.).

3. The theme seems a little large'ish compared to LXDE. It has a "feel"
like those UIs designed to be the same on a pad, phone, desktop (which
never seem to be great for any platform.).

It's hard to give real examples.

- I installed KeepassXC. The hidden password field has enormous bubbles
(instead of subtle ellipses).

- A few things our of proportion that way. Like the file manager. The
navigator pane on the left seems like it takes up a lot of margin. Mounted
devices almost certainly don't show more than one character of the device
name because the -^ button is even more margined away from the browsing
window.

- The way it says "places" twice (one is a control, the other a label)
seems unnecessary. Wouldn't the control's current setting serve as a label?

- The menu bar's text seems large (file manager, featherpad).

Things like that seem to be too large to me (disproportional).

Maybe I'm just averse to change and will get used to it. I should have
participated in betas and offered options sooner. (Hopefully it's not bad
to share my impressions now.).

Mark
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