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rej
Hi-
I have Groove theme and tried various ways to edit the taskbar rbg color in default taskbar, Groove theme file, and Preferences file, yet it does not change.
Is there a way to change it? Or not possible?
Thanks.
Will B
Hi! 😀
Which value(s) did you try to change? I’ve been tweaking my theme file lately and might be able help.
Thanks 🙂
Blessed and forgiven in the Pacific Northwest of the US! 😀
Anonymous
Will B
Here is the source for most (if not all) of the things that can be themed (scroll down a bit):
https://github.com/bbidulock/icewm/blob/icewm-1-4-BRANCH/src/themable.hHere are some values I changed:
ColorDefaultTaskBar="#CDCDCD" ColorNormalTaskBarApp="#C9C9C9" ColorNormalTaskBarAppText="#000000" ColorActiveTaskBarApp="#FCFCFC" ColorActiveTaskBarAppText="#000000" ColorMinimizedTaskBarApp="#CDCDCD" ColorMinimizedTaskBarAppText="#666666".
- This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by Will B.
- This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by Will B.
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Will B
Are you restarting IceWM after you make the changes to your default.theme file? Also, did you make a copy of your desired theme, put it in ‘~/.icewm/themes/’ and edit it from there?
Thanks 🙂
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BobC
When I play with the themes, I copy them as myself to ~/.icewm/themes, change the name there, and then modify the changed copy
PS: need to be careful of link files
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Will B
When I play with the themes, I copy them as myself to ~/.icewm/themes, change the name there, and then modify the changed copy
Okay, good deal. I can’t think of anything else to try. 🙁 It all worked okay for me when I edited something in the theme file, saved, then restarted IceWM through the menu. I’ve been doing that cycle repeatedly the last few days as I’ve been tweaking my theme. antiX rocks! 😀
Blessed and forgiven in the Pacific Northwest of the US! 😀
Not sure what version you are on, but on 1.6.1 if you are changing the theme, it will take effect if you change theme to something else and back to it.
Will B
Not sure what version you are on, but on 1.6.1 if you are changing the theme, it will take effect if you change theme to something else and back to it.
In my case, I did this at first, but restarting IceWM was a little faster 😉
Blessed and forgiven in the Pacific Northwest of the US! 😀
Will B
For your future reference, here is the themable items list, taken from the source file on Git and reformatted:
RolloverButtonsSupported Does it support the 'O' title bar button images (for mouse rollover) TaskBarClockLeds Task bar clock/APM uses nice pixmapped LCD display (but then it doesn't display correctly in many languages anymore, e.g. for Japanese and Korean it works only when a real font is used and not the LEDs) TaskbuttonIconOffset Width of taskbutton side icons (0-16) TrayIconMaxWidth Maximum scaled width of tray icons (16-128) TrayIconMaxHeight Maximum scaled height of tray icons (16-128) TrayDrawBevel Surround the tray with plastic border TitleBarCentered Draw window title centered (obsoleted by TitleBarJustify) TitleBarJoinLeft Join title*S and title*T TitleBarJoinRight Join title*T and title*B ShowMenuButtonIcon Show application icon over menu button BorderSizeX Horizontal window border (0-128) BorderSizeY Vertical window border (0-128) DlgBorderSizeX Horizontal dialog window border (0-128) DlgBorderSizeY Vertical dialog window border (0-128) CornerSizeX Resize corner width (0-64) CornerSizeY Resize corner height (0-64) TitleBarHeight Title bar height (0-128) TitleBarJustify Justification of the window title (0-100) TitleBarHorzOffset Horizontal offset for the window title text (-128-128) TitleBarVertOffset Vertical offset for the window title text (-128-128) ScrollBarX Scrollbar width (0-64) ScrollBarY Scrollbar (button) height (0-64) MenuIconSize Menu icon size (8-128) SmallIconSize Dimension of the small icons (8-128) LargeIconSize Dimension of the large icons (8-128) HugeIconSize Dimension of the large icons (8-128) QuickSwitchHorzMargin Horizontal margin of the quickswitch window (0-64) QuickSwitchVertMargin Vertical margin of the quickswitch window (0-64) QuickSwitchIconMargin Vertical margin in the quickswitch window (0-64) QuickSwitchIconBorder Distance between the active icon and it's border (0-64) QuickSwitchSeparatorSize Height of the separator between (all reachable) icons and text, 0 to avoid it (0-64) ThemeAuthor Theme author, e-mail address, credits ThemeDescription Description of the theme, credits TitleButtonsLeft Titlebar buttons from left to right (x=close, m=max, i=min, h=hide, r=rollup, s=sysmenu, d=depth) TitleButtonsRight Titlebar buttons from right to left (x=close, m=max, i=min, h=hide, r=rollup, s=sysmenu, d=depth) TitleButtonsSupported Titlebar buttons supported by theme (x,m,i,r,h,s,d) ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ * Font definitions ************************************************************************************************************************************************************/ TitleFontName Name of the title bar font MenuFontName Name of the menu font StatusFontName Name of the status display font QuickSwitchFontName Name of the font for Alt+Tab switcher window NormalButtonFontName Name of the normal button font ActiveButtonFontName Name of the active button font NormalTaskBarFontName Name of the normal task bar item font ActiveTaskBarFontName Name of the active task bar item font ToolButtonFontName Name of the tool button font (fallback: NormalButtonFontName) NormalWorkspaceFontName Name of the normal workspace button font (fallback: NormalButtonFontName) ActiveWorkspaceFontName Name of the active workspace button font (fallback: ActiveButtonFontName) MinimizedWindowFontName Name of the mini-window font ListBoxFontName Name of the window list font ToolTipFontName Name of the tool tip font ClockFontName Name of the task bar clock font TempFontName Name of the task bar temperature font ApmFontName Name of the task bar battery font InputFontName Name of the input field font LabelFontName Name of the label font ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ * Color definitions ************************************************************************************************************************************************************/ ColorDialog Background of dialog windows ColorNormalBorder Border of inactive windows ColorActiveBorder Border of active windows ColorNormalButton Background of regular buttons ColorNormalButtonText Textcolor of regular buttons ColorActiveButton Background of pressed buttons ColorActiveButtonText Textcolor of pressed buttons ColorNormalTitleButton Background of titlebar buttons ColorNormalTitleButtonText Textcolor of titlebar buttons ColorToolButton Background of toolbar buttons, ColorNormalButton is used if empty ColorToolButtonText Textcolor of toolbar buttons, ColorNormalButtonText is used if empty ColorNormalWorkspaceButton Background of workspace buttons, ColorNormalButton is used if empty ColorNormalWorkspaceButtonText Textcolor of workspace buttons, ColorNormalButtonText is used if empty ColorActiveWorkspaceButton Background of the active workspace button, ColorActiveButton is used if empty ColorActiveWorkspaceButtonText Textcolor of the active workspace button, ColorActiveButtonText is used if empty ColorNormalTitleBar Background of the titlebar of regular windows ColorNormalTitleBarText Textcolor of the titlebar of regular windows ColorNormalTitleBarShadow Textshadow of the titlebar of regular windows ColorActiveTitleBar Background of the titlebar of active windows ColorActiveTitleBarText Textcolor of the titlebar of active windows ColorActiveTitleBarShadow Textshadow of the titlebar of active windows ColorNormalMinimizedWindow Background for mini icons of regular windows ColorNormalMinimizedWindowText Textcolor for mini icons of regular windows ColorActiveMinimizedWindow Background for mini icons of active windows ColorActiveMinimizedWindowText Textcolor for mini icons of active windows ColorNormalMenu Background of pop-up menus ColorNormalMenuItemText Textcolor of regular menu items ColorActiveMenuItem Background of selected menu item, leave empty to force transparency ColorActiveMenuItemText Textcolor of selected menu items ColorDisabledMenuItemText Textcolor of disabled menu items ColorDisabledMenuItemShadow Shadow of regular menu items ColorMoveSizeStatus Background of move/resize status window ColorMoveSizeStatusText Textcolor of move/resize status window ColorQuickSwitch Background of the quick switch window ColorQuickSwitchText Textcolor in the quick switch window ColorQuickSwitchActive Rectangle arround the active icon in the quick switch window ColorDefaultTaskBar Background of the taskbar ColorNormalTaskBarApp Background for task buttons of regular windows ColorNormalTaskBarAppText Textcolor for task buttons of regular windows ColorActiveTaskBarApp Background for task buttons of the active window ColorActiveTaskBarAppText Textcolor for task buttons of the active window ColorMinimizedTaskBarApp Background for task buttons of minimized windows ColorMinimizedTaskBarAppText Textcolor for task buttons of minimized windows ColorInvisibleTaskBarApp Background for task buttons of windows on other workspaces ColorInvisibleTaskBarAppText Textcolor for task buttons of windows on other workspaces ColorScrollBar Scrollbar background (sliding area) ColorScrollBarSlider Background of the slider button in scrollbars ColorScrollBarButton Background of the arrow buttons in scrollbars ColorScrollBarArrow Background of the arrow buttons in scrollbars (obsolete) ColorScrollBarButtonArrow Color of active arrows on scrollbar buttons ColorScrollBarInactiveArrow Color of inactive arrows on scrollbar buttons ColorListBox Background of listboxes ColorListBoxText Textcolor in listboxes ColorListBoxSelection Background of selected listbox items ColorListBoxSelectionText Textcolor of selected listbox items ColorToolTip Background of tooltips ColorToolTipText Textcolor of tooltips ColorLabel Background of labels, leave empty to force transparency ColorLabelText Textcolor of labels ColorInput Background of text entry fields (e.g. the addressbar) ColorInputText Textcolor of text entry fields (e.g. the addressbar) ColorInputSelection Background of selected text in an entry field ColorInputSelectionText Selected text in an entry field ColorClock Background of non-LCD clock, leave empty to force transparency ColorClockText Background of non-LCD monitor ColorApm Background of APM monitor, leave empty to force transparency ColorApmText Textcolor of APM monitor ColorApmBattary Legacy option; don't use, see ColorApmBattery ColorApmBattery Color of APM monitor in battery mode ColorApmLine Color of APM monitor in line mode ColorApmGraphBg Background color for graph mode ColorCPUStatusUser User load on the CPU monitor ColorCPUStatusSystem System load on the CPU monitor ColorCPUStatusInterrupts Interrupts on the CPU monitor ColorCPUStatusIoWait IO Wait on the CPU monitor ColorCPUStatusSoftIrq Soft Interrupts on the CPU monitor ColorCPUStatusNice Nice load on the CPU monitor ColorCPUStatusIdle Idle (non) load on the CPU monitor, leave empty to force transparency ColorCPUStatusSteal Involuntary Wait on the CPU monitor ColorCPUStatusTemp Temperature of the CPU ColorMEMStatusUser User program usage in the memory monitor ColorMEMStatusBuffers OS buffers usage in the memory monitor ColorMEMStatusCached OS cached usage in the memory monitor ColorMEMStatusFree Free memory in the memory monitor ColorNetSend Outgoing load on the network monitor ColorNetReceive Incoming load on the network monitor ColorNetIdle Idle (non) load on the network monitor, leave empty to force transparency Gradients List of gradient pixmaps in the current theme Look warp3, warp4, win95, motif, nice, pixmap, metal, gtkBlessed and forgiven in the Pacific Northwest of the US! 😀
Skidoo and Will B-
Thank you –
https://ice-wm.org/themes/#taskbar-themeability – not really understanding Pixmaps and these type files or what they could be changed to. The .xpm files are in the groove-taskbar file – would the color need to be edited in Gimp?
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https://github.com/bbidulock/icewm/blob/icewm-1-4-BRANCH/src/themable.h:OSV(“ColorDefaultTaskBar”, &clrDefaultTaskBar, “Background of the taskbar”),
OSV(“ColorNormalTaskBarApp”, &clrNormalTaskBarApp, “Background for task buttons of regular windows”),
OSV(“ColorNormalTaskBarAppText”, &clrNormalTaskBarAppText, “Textcolor for task buttons of regular windows”),
OSV(“ColorActiveTaskBarApp”, &clrActiveTaskBarApp, “Background for task buttons of the active window”),
OSV(“ColorActiveTaskBarAppText”, &clrActiveTaskBarAppText, “Textcolor for task buttons of the active window”),
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Below is what had been edited to just change the rgb color codes, but not successfully. Changed color code to F0/E6/8C, uncommented, saved, restarted session, rebooted and it was the same.[Referenced from –
https://sourceforge.net/p/icewm/mailman/message/7469264/
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Using codes from –https://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/RGB_Color.html%5D
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/usr/share/icewm/]themes/Groove-Large
– default.theme:## Taskbar ###
ColorDefaultTaskBar=”rgb:f6/f6/f0″
ColorNormalTaskBarApp=”rgb:f6/f6/f0″
ColorNormalTaskBarAppText=”rgb:53/3D/23″ColorActiveTaskBarApp=”rgb:53/3D/23″
ColorActiveTaskBarAppText=”rgb:53/3D/23″ColorMinimizedTaskBarApp=”rgb:F6/F6/F0″
ColorMinimizedTaskBarAppText=”rgb:53/3D/23″ColorInvisibleTaskBarApp=”rgb:ac/d7/93″
ColorInvisibleTaskBarAppText=”rgb:50/50/50″
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/usr/share/icewm
– preferences:# Background of the taskbar
# ColorDefaultTaskBar=”rgb:C0/C0/C0″# Background for task buttons of regular windows
# ColorNormalTaskBarApp=”rgb:C0/C0/C0″# Textcolor for task buttons of regular windows
# ColorNormalTaskBarAppText=”rgb:00/00/00″# Background for task buttons of the active window
# ColorActiveTaskBarApp=”rgb:E0/E0/E0″# Textcolor for task buttons of the active window
# ColorActiveTaskBarAppText=”rgb:00/00/00″# Background for task buttons of minimized windows
# ColorMinimizedTaskBarApp=”rgb:A0/A0/A0″# Textcolor for task buttons of minimized windows
# ColorMinimizedTaskBarAppText=”rgb:00/00/00″Will B
rej, if you install and use Geany, it has a color selector in the toolbar that will give you the ‘#000000’ formatted value to put into your theme file. You can also select ‘#000000’ formatted values and edit them the same way.
Also, when you copied your desired themes from ‘/usr/share/icewm/themes’ to ‘~/.icewm/themes’ did you rename the copied themes and their folders to something different than the system names?
Blessed and forgiven in the Pacific Northwest of the US! 😀
Will B
I have followed the directions on https://ice-wm.org/themes and this was the result. I just made a fast and silly .xpm for the various taskbar buttons and it appears to work!
Did you put the taskbar .xpm’s into a sub-folder of your theme called ‘taskbar’?
Blessed and forgiven in the Pacific Northwest of the US! 😀
Also, when you copied your desired themes from ‘/usr/share/icewm/themes’ to ‘~/.icewm/themes’ did you rename the copied themes and their folders to something different than the system names?
Thanks Will B-
This is where I went wrong – did not copy theme to home file – should it be re-named differently from the theme that was edited in /usr/share/icewm/themes/Groove-Large – – default.theme? Or is this the wrong folder? There appears to be only one “theme” file.
/home/rj/.icewm theme:
Theme=”Groove-Large/default.theme”
#Theme=”Groove-Small/default.theme”
#Theme=”Groove-Large/default.theme”
#Theme=”Truth ice-1.0-Large/default.theme”
#Theme=”Groove-Large/default.theme”
#Theme=”default/default.theme”
#Theme=”Groove-Large/default.theme”
#Theme=”Clearview Blue Medium/default.theme”Will B
If it helps, I’ve made an image that shows the file/directory layout of my custom theme. I copied the system theme from ‘/usr/share/icewm/themes/metal’ to ‘~/.icewm/themes/will01’ then renamed it and modified it to my liking.
Attachments:
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