GTK theming

tomtava · 2016-06-17 20:17:31

Hello!

I just recently installed bunsenlabs (and I still am quite new to linux in general) and I really enjoy it.
Before switching to BL I used Xubuntu and used the arc-dark-theme which I enjoyed quite a lot.
Here on BL with openbox i managed to set my theme to arc-dark with lxappearance but the top part of the window (the one with minimize, maximize, close etc.) haven't changed and I can't seem to find a way to change this, even thought the right GTK theme is selected.

How do I make this top part of the window the same as my GTK theme? Or is it simply impossible?

Thanks in advance!

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-06-17 20:27:20

That is the theme for the Openbox window manager and can be changed with `obconf`

You will need an Arc-alike theme for Openbox, I think there are a few around but they won't be perfect because of the restrictions imposed by the XBM-based window decorations.

Try this one:
https://github.com/dglava/arc-openbox

Instructions in the link

EDIT: Spoiler alert!

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2016-06-17 20:33:27)

hhh · 2016-06-17 23:49:29

A guide to theming the BunsenLabs GTK (and other) themes can be found here...

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1996

If you give me a specific link link to the theme you are using (I wouldn't even want to guess how many there are for Arc right now), I'd be glad to take a look in my spare time.

-edit- Without even looking at the Arc gtkrc/gtk.css files, I'm guessing there's a "Mneu" or "Menu Item" bg_color and color entry further down in the file.

hhh · 2016-06-17 23:56:33

But HoaS has you covered, anyways.

tomtava · 2016-06-18 09:33:15

Ah that's great @Head_on_a_Stick, thank you!
But the "icons" are locked, so only the colors can be changed, or am I missing something? :-) Is this

https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e343 … 412e706e67

unachievable?

And @hhh, it's much appreciated! The one I was using is this:

https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme

Thanks a lot!

damo · 2016-06-18 09:47:31

^ If you are talking about the Openbox theme window icons, then they are determined by the theme xbm files.

If your Openbox theme doesn't have specific icon files in "/usr/share/themes/<themename>/openbox-3", then it will be using the defaults. These can be found in "/usr/share/doc/openbox/xbm/", so copy them to your theme's openbox-3 directory and edit them as required. xbm images are easily edited in eg GIMP, but don't expect to be able to have fancy icons.

Actually, it would probably be better to install your theme to ~/.themes (which is a link to ~.local/share/themes), and do the edits there.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-06-18 10:13:03

hhh wrote:

(I wouldn't even want to guess how many there are for Arc right now)

There is only One True Arc:
https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme

tomtava wrote:

But the "icons" are locked, so only the colors can be changed, or am I missing something?

I'm not sure I understand what you mean

If you mean the minimise, maximise and close buttons then only limited adjustment is possible as they are XBM masks rather than bitmaps.

tomtava · 2016-06-18 14:45:42

@damo oh this is perfect! What would the exact path look like? "/usr/share/themes/<themename>/openbox-3/xbm" and then the same filenames that are used in "/usr/share/doc/openbox/xbm/"?
And how much can these be customized? Different color? And is it limited to the original size?

@hhh haha, yes exactly! There can only be one!
And yes, I did mean the min, max, close, etc. buttons!

For now I found a openbox theme which are made to go with the arc-theme, as it was also suggested! I think I am going to go with that until I figure these things out.

Thanks again!

damo · 2016-06-18 15:39:23

tomtava wrote:

@damo oh this is perfect! What would the exact path look like? "/usr/share/themes/<themename>/openbox-3/xbm" and then the same filenames that are used in "/usr/share/doc/openbox/xbm/"?
And how much can these be customized? Different color? And is it limited to the original size?
...

Yes, just copy those default xbm files as "/usr/share/themes/<themename>/openbox-3/*.xbm" (if they aren't included in the theme), and use an image editor to adjust them. NB They are masks, so only appear as black/white in an Openbox window title bar.

As I said before, you can't have fancy icons for the window decorations, so don't use Openbox if you want bling

tomtava · 2016-06-18 22:06:01

Okay great! Haha, I think I can do without the bling, I do appreciate a simple and nice looking theme though! The gtk arc-theme and the openbox arc-theme seems to be just perfect for the time being. I might look into customizing the window icons later on.

Once again, you have all been very helpful! I'm glad to have joined the BunsenLabs team!

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