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borrocop suggested a Gentle XFCE theme awhile ago here:
http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php?content=33744
I think he has created a stunning image of what XFCE could look like, so I went ahead and put together the Window Manager protion of it.
Billy Cantrell created a gtk theme for Gentle, all I did was remove his panel portions, and I included Olivier Fourdan's suggestion for defining the XFWM4's color in the gtrkrc file.
If there is anything that needs changed, or doesn't look appropriate please comment below.
14 years ago
v 1.1: I centered the titles, decreased the height of the window manager by 1 px, created a different appearance for the close-active button, and added different appearnces for the pressed buttons.
v 1.2: I've added shadows to the active and inactive title text, I've defined the colors of the title text directly in the window manager theme, I added shadows to all windows and the panels, menus are now transparent, windows are now transparent when they are being moved.
v 1.3: I've added the gtk theme based on Billy Cantrell's work.
v 1.4: I included Olivier Fourdan's suggestion for defining the XFWM4's color in the gtrkrc file, so the GTK theme will work better with other XFWM4 themes.
v 2.0: I fixed an error that Thunderbird was causing with this theme (a big thanks to kashirigi for pointing this problem out to me), and I've now made it so that the xfwm automatically uses whatever color is called for in the gtk theme.
14 years ago
v 1.1: I centered the titles, decreased the height of the window manager by 1 px, created a different appearance for the close-active button, and added different appearnces for the pressed buttons.
v 1.2: I've added shadows to the active and inactive title text, I've defined the colors of the title text directly in the window manager theme, I added shadows to all windows and the panels, menus are now transparent, windows are now transparent when they are being moved.
v 1.3: I've added the gtk theme based on Billy Cantrell's work.
v 1.4: I included Olivier Fourdan's suggestion for defining the XFWM4's color in the gtrkrc file, so the GTK theme will work better with other XFWM4 themes.
v 2.0: I fixed an error that Thunderbird was causing with this theme (a big thanks to kashirigi for pointing this problem out to me), and I've now made it so that the xfwm automatically uses whatever color is called for in the gtk theme.
aldobelusopen
6 years ago
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creppolo
9 years ago
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miguelinuxer
10 years ago
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doctorx32_double
11 years ago
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bioe007
13 years ago
gentle-2.0
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2686/gentle20ghromeslimuv9.jpg
gentle-2.1 (my hack job :D)
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9440/gentle21ghromeslimeb8.jpg
imo the second looks 'better' because it inherits the underlying gtk color
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bioe007
13 years ago
your hard work is GREATLY appreciated..
2 complaints:
- maximize_active_*.png ... I always add a widget for that to show when a window is maximized..
- in xfce when switching windows there is no background around the selected app - only the title changes, imho its better when there is highlighting (ala the zenwalk default theme or whatver)
regardless this is my favorite theme by far... many thanks to the creator(s)
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sendhil76
13 years ago
Brilliant theme as seen in the screenshots :)
Though i am unable to make it look the way it looks in the screenshot...
Thanks for the link to the background images...really awesome work by the artist!
How can i get the transparent thing working?
Thanks for sharing this wonderfull theme :)
Stay well!
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jasoncof
13 years ago
One quick question. I would like to remove the border around the clock and system tray. What is the widget class that defines them?
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jjalocha
13 years ago
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inane
13 years ago
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/nuoveXT?content=26448
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alalor1
13 years ago
I downloaded this theme, unzipped it into a folder, copied with sudo the folder to usr/share/themes and it does not show up on the themes list. In the themes directory, the folder has a red square with a cross on it, what does that mean? I tired with some other themes, and some did the same thing, some worked. But I really would like to install Gentle.
I have XFCE version 4.3.99.1, that I added to my regular ubuntu.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
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jjalocha
13 years ago
I am using Xubuntu Edgy (Xfce 4.33.99.1), and i miss some details i can see on the screenshots:
* Transparent menus.
* Dark rounded buttons in the panel.
What do i have to configure, or is this not possible with my current Xfce version?
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Glandos
14 years ago
This theme is very very nice. Really. But there is still some nasty things :
The ALT+Tab cas is not really annoying, but it could be useful to solve it :)
I've noticed that on every dialog box, the default button is not marked by anything. For example, a usual "OK - Cancel" dialog have its "OK" button surrounded by dots or something else. I find it very annoying to me since I don't use the mouse too much, and I can't know visually which is the current selected element.
To my mind it is very hard to know which window is active, since only the title color changes. Could you think of any way to make the difference between active and inactive windows easier to see ?
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bdowson
14 years ago
Could you give me a pointer in the right direction? I've been reading through the gtkrc file, but that's taking me longer than I'd thought to figure out. Any help appreciated.
--Brian
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Juxi
14 years ago
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jjalocha
13 years ago
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waltarix
14 years ago
can somebody tell how do this theme work,because it is nice,but I cannot install correctly.Simply it does not appear on my xfce4.THx
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leftcase
14 years ago
Open the xfce settings manager, go to window-manager and select the theme from the drop down list.
Should work
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bvc
14 years ago
http://gnomethemes.org/?p=4
they are much nicer than the old/original version
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SeanParsons
14 years ago
Thanks for the update, but your first link is broken, and your second link is for Gentle-LT which is nice, but I prefer Gentle original. I can't find your posting of just Gentle anywhere on Looky or on your blog. I would greatly appreciate it if you posted it somewhere for the many fans of your work.
Thanks
Sean
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bvc
14 years ago
http://gnomethemes.org/?p=19
works for me and is the Gentle post
if you go here
http://gnomethemes.org/
and Search
gentle
you should get 2 results ...Gentle and Gentle-LT
or look in the Gtk archive
http://gnomethemes.org/?cat=2
direct link is here
http://www.kernow-webhosting.com/~bvc/theme/gtk/Gentle.tar.gz
but the post with show you all the updates
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feliciano
14 years ago
This is the best theme I try...
Just I change the frame around the clock and the tray icons....
But you did a really great job... Congratulations.
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kashirigi
14 years ago
Very weird.
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SeanParsons
14 years ago
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14 years ago
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