[ubuntu-art] moving from ubuntu-looks to clear-looks

xl cheese xl_cheese at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 24 13:46:32 GMT 2008


I've been toying with firefox beta and it does in fact use GTK theming now.

> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:47:21 +0100> From: mikkel.kamstrup at gmail.com> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] moving from ubuntu-looks to clear-looks> > On 23/01/2008, xl cheese <xl_cheese at hotmail.com> wrote:> >> > I agree 100%. I just posted that pic as an example of the menubar and> > toolbars.> >> > _however_ ...> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500437> > > I have a patch for this. I will attach it to the bug later tonight. I> think that it might be a controversial issue though, so don't get your> hopes up. Also stuff like Firefox that use custom menubar> implementations will likely not have this feature (or does FF3 use a> real GtkMenuBar?).> > Cheers,> Mikkel> > > ________________________________> > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:11:38 -0600> > From: newz at bearfruit.org> > To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] moving from ubuntu-looks to clear-looks> >> > On Jan 23, 2008 9:53 AM, xl cheese <xl_cheese at hotmail.com> wrote:> >> >> >> > 3. If you want the lines gone you'll need to petition the gtk engine> > developers to allow me to add a patch to the clearlooks engine. I'm running> > my altered version and the patch is transparent to the existing gtkrc's that> > already exist. You have to just change the menubarstyle and toolbarstyle to> > a new option within the gtkrc. I pinged them about adding my code to the> > engine, but received no response.> >> > Guessing you want to see something more like this screenshot? I can easily> > adjust the contrast of the menubar and toolbar gradients more or less.> > http://www.gnome-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=73163&file1=73163-1.jpg&file2=&file3=&name=clearlooks+hack> >> >> > Be careful with this though... I used a couple themes like this and while> > looking very handsome and distinct, its hard to tell where to grab in order> > to move the window and I was frequently grabbing the toolbar or the menu bar> > instead of the title bar.> >> > I'm not saying this patch is bad, it could work, but the title bar should> > have some trait that says "grab me - not the toolbar just below" to avoid> > doing a +1 for looks and a -10 for usability.> >> > --> > Matthew Nuzum> > newz2000 on freenode> > ________________________________> > Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail(R)-get your> > "fix". Check it out.> > --> > ubuntu-art mailing list> > ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art> >> >> > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list> ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
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