Clearlooks Compact

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Description:

Compact version of Ubuntu's Clearlooks theme, especially great on small screens like the Eee PC, or for intense applications like Eclipse (see second screenshot).

There is now also a Human Compact theme available: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=80980

For a direct comparison with nice mouseover effect, visit
http://martin.ankerl.com/2007/11/04/clearlooks-compact-gnome-theme/

Installation

1. Download the theme
2. Click System > Preferences > Appearance > Theme > Install
3. Select the downloaded file and apply it.
Last changelog:

11 years ago

April 11th, 2008 Small panel menu.
November 11th, 2007 Major update: Smaller handlers sizes, smaller scrollbars, no scrollbar spacing, less overall padding, and some more.
November 7th, 2007 Now even more compact by reducing the default icon size to 16x16 pixels.
November 4th, 2007 First release of Clearlooks Compact.

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PAgore

8 years ago

read how to cast the effect only for the eclipse application and not for other applications too:
http://techtavern.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/smaller-font-sizes-for-eclipse-on-linux/

Here is a brief HowTo

save the following lines in "~/.gtkrc-eclipse"
Quote:gtk-icon-sizes="panel-menu=16,16 : gtk-menu=16,16 : gtk-button=16,16 :
gtk-small-toolbar=16,16 : gtk-large-toolbar=16,16 : gtk-dialog=32,32 : gtk-dnd=32,32"

style "compact" {
font_name="Sans 8"
GtkButton::default_border={0,0,0,0}
GtkButton::default_outside_border={0,0,0,0}
GtkButtonBox::child_min_width=0
GtkButtonBox::child_min_heigth=0
GtkButtonBox::child_internal_pad_x=0
GtkButtonBox::child_internal_pad_y=0
GtkMenu::vertical-padding=3
GtkMenuBar::internal_padding=3
GtkMenuItem::horizontal_padding=4
GtkToolbar::internal-padding=0
GtkToolbar::space-size=0
GtkOptionMenu::indicator_size=0
GtkOptionMenu::indicator_spacing=0
GtkPaned::handle_size=4
GtkRange::trough_border=0
GtkRange::stepper_spacing=0
GtkScale::value_spacing=0
GtkScrolledWindow::scrollbar_spacing=0
GtkScrollbar::slider-width= 15
GtkExpander::expander_size=10
GtkExpander::expander_spacing=0
GtkTreeView::vertical-separator=0
GtkTreeView::horizontal-separator=0
GtkTreeView::expander-size=8
GtkTreeView::fixed-height-mode=TRUE
GtkWidget::focus_padding=0
xthickness=0
ythickness=0
}
class "GtkWidget" style "compact"

style "compact2" {
xthickness=1
ythickness=1
}

class "GtkButton" style "compact2"
class "GtkToolbar" style "compact2"
class "GtkPaned" style "compact2"

now you can call eclipse with:
Quote:env GTK2_RC_FILES=/home/<username>/.gtkrc-eclipse /opt/eclipse-gwt/eclipse

if you dont like your current coding font, check this out:
http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts/

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elcamilo

9 years ago

Hi, and thanks.

Why don't you keep this page updated?
I discovered in your personal site that this theme reached revision 1.5...

And also I would like to suggest you to use and suggest again Droid fonts. With your CC theme, they're a perfect pair.

regards

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kamathln

10 years ago

I own a EEE and have despised the screen size till now. Thanks to this theme, I feel I have a bit bigger screen.

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efrenefren

11 years ago

when you are a super user the themes are not applied.

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fearpi

11 years ago

Very good. I've always felt that Clearlooks looks a little too bloated. One minor issue, though - on most of the controls in the screenshot, it looks like there could be a few pixels added between the left edge of the element and the left edge of the text contained within.

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vertigo88x

11 years ago

try adding panel-menu=16,16 to the gtkrc file to make the gnome main menu also compact.

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sunitram

11 years ago

Is panel size really a problem? I left this out because I did not think anybody would need that smaller.

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vertigo88x

11 years ago

for me it really the menu looks out of place without it. i had been using the symphony compact gtk theme before this so i got used to it, to me it looks better.

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sunitram

11 years ago

Ive made a new release with your change suggestions.

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Ademan

11 years ago

I like it a lot, somehow it reminds me alot of windows (for better or worse i'm not sure) but it really "feels" right to me.

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linvinus

12 years ago

This is my version
http://gnomelook.org/content/show.php/Clearlooks-compact?content=59138
but i give up.

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sunitram

12 years ago

great work, if I would have found that earlier I would not have created this theme.

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nordlicht

12 years ago

Well done, this is one of my favourites! Is it possible to make the right-aligned arrows in the Gnome-Apllikationmenu a bit smaller? They're lokking way too large.

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sunitram

12 years ago

Hi! Glad you like the theme. I don't know if this handler size can be changed, at least so far I have not found an option for it.

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11 years ago

April 11th, 2008 Small panel menu.
November 11th, 2007 Major update: Smaller handlers sizes, smaller scrollbars, no scrollbar spacing, less overall padding, and some more.
November 7th, 2007 Now even more compact by reducing the default icon size to 16x16 pixels.
November 4th, 2007 First release of Clearlooks Compact.

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