


GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments
In next version the slider button for the scale widgets looks much more like a normal button in terms of brightness and shading.
2.Scrollbars
The scrollbars have been tweaked slightly, in the next version, so that the border blends with the shadow edge of the trough and the scrollbar has a darker border. This helps make them look cleaner. I have tried a variety of things such as reducing the width and making the scrollbar the same with as the trough, but the results were not improvements. The changes I have made for the next release should help somewhat with what you've commented on.
3.Tabs
The Aurora tabs have always been more muted than what was done for the clearlooks style. In the next release though, the gradient has been reduced by three factors: lighter colour, shorter length, and lower opacity. In compensation to make the tabs more distinctive the border is more intense and has a faint glow. So I think the issue people had with the clearlooks tabs won't apply here, but let me know if you still see an issue after the new version is released and I will do something for the following release.
I should also mention that I plan to release the next version within the next week, so you'll see these changes soonish. - Nov 10 2007

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments
GtkScrollbar::has-secondary-forward-stepper = 1
in the style "theme-default" section, you'll see that a similar expression is already there for the bottom scrollbar stepper buttons. - Nov 10 2007

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments
As for the different background on the "new" button in Evolution, that's caused by the theme's use of a lighter toolbar. Without going into the details that button is placed in some widget that is has an opaque background which is covering up the toolbar so we see a mismatch in the background color. Evolution seems to use custom widgets for this toolbar and or button and I was unable to easily figure out what the culprit is. However if this issue bugs you, you can add:
widget_class "*.*Toolbar*" style "theme-toolbar"
to the .gtkrc file with the other similar statements and that issue will go away (it could, however, create others in different applications, although I couldn't find any). If you want more details contact me by email through the one listed in my profile here.
Eric
- Jun 13 2007

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments
In regards to my modifications of the widget factory, I've emailed the author about the changes I made, a week ago, but have yet to receive a reply. I'm going to try again and if I don't hear back I will make my changes available. - Apr 30 2007

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments
That is also why I think Aurora is a good fit with the existing clearlooks based engines. Clearlooks provides a nice plain and simple look, Murrine is the engine if you want a glossy look and/or lots of choice over its appearance from all the options provided. And my theme provides an engine that provides a consistent look over all widgets with some more eye-candy than the other engines.
- Apr 16 2007

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments
Thanks again for the feedback
Eric - Apr 16 2007

GTK2 Themes by ECHM 347 comments
Now that I've covered the background I will probably adjust the size slightly to better accommodate size 10 fonts as that is the default size for many distributions.
I presume by range sliders you mean the scale widgets (the ones used in apps like music/movie players for track progress). I chose to make the sliders fairly dark but if it's a contrast issue I can lighten them by default.
Finally for arrows on the scrollbar they do scale to the arrow size, so if you find the scrollbar width is also wider than your liking you can decrease the size of:
GtkRange::slider_width = 19
GtkRange::stepper_size = 17
in the .gtkrc file (just noticed a bug that my horizontal arrows don't seem to be decreasing in size as much as the vertical arrows when changing those parameters, will fix before next release)
Thanks for your feedback.
- Apr 16 2007

Metacity Themes by Simzer 51 comments

Metacity Themes by Simzer 51 comments

Cursors by ECHM 38 comments

Cursors by ECHM 38 comments
/home/your username/.icons/
Then open up the gnome configuration editor (gconf-editor) and go to desktop>gnome>peripherals>mouse and change the cursor_theme key value to PolarCursorTheme. Finally you'll need to log out and restart X before the changes will take affect.
Now there is a program that will do this for you called gcursor available at http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=125 with it you can install a cursor theme just like you would a GTK or Metacity theme.
Hope this helps. - Oct 02 2005

Cursors by ECHM 38 comments
From reading the comments in other themes here it seems there might have been a problem with earlier versions of KDE not preserving the symlinks when installing a theme (which would explain at least the resizers not showing up). If you have an older version of KDE then I would suggest installing it normally then extract the theme and copy the cursors folder over top of the one in /home/your user name/.icons/PolarCursorTheme/
If anyone can give me the info on what the symlinks are for cursors in programs like Nautilus and Konqueror (perhaps they've changed recently?), so that the proper cursors show up, I would be greatly appreciative. Or for that matter anyway of finding them out too. - Aug 31 2005

Cursors by ECHM 38 comments
1) Open the theme manager. If you don't know where it is then run: gnome-theme-manager in the terminal.
2) Click "Install Theme", browse to where you downloaded the file and click "Install"
3) A dialog should popup telling you the theme was correctly installed
4) Click on "Theme Details" then "Window Border" and choose the theme.
5) You may have to restart the theme manager for them to show up.
If the themes are not showing up or only one of them installed then:
6)Extract the file you downloaded to a convienient location
7)Copy the 4 folders to /home/your user name/.themes/
8)Open the theme manager navigate to window border as above and choose the theme.
If this doesn't help or something else is going wrong (ie themes not showing up even after following the above) post again or email me. - Jul 31 2005
in the Blended folder there is a text file that explains how to remove the icon from the title bar (just a few lines need to be replaced.) Just follow those instructions and you can have your themes without the program icon.
I won't be offering any versions without the program icon, as then I would have 8 versions of the theme, all with only slight differences. So if you really want the theme without the icon just follow the instructions (should take only a minute or two) and you're all set. :) - Jul 23 2005
1. Differentiating the utility windows, perhaps with a smaller title/buttons
2. Changing the look of the unfocused window, I might add in a lightened button tray so that it's clear where the buttons are.
Suggestions and feedback are welcome : ) - Jul 10 2005