Finally decided to dip my toe into openbox theming a little bit.
Until recently I used a slightly modified #! theme and it hit about 90% of what I wanted. Hacked up a theme called Nightmare and am about 95% happy with the results. I did swipe hex codes from #! though
Still not 100% happy with colors for highlighted menu items but it's almost there.
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linkage to the themerc on my gdrive if anyone wants to play with it
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Re: openbox theming
The themerc files are probably short enough to just post directly (using code tags ofc).wizard10000 wrote:linkage to the themerc on my gdrive if anyone wants to play with it
Have you tried making new buttons yet? I find the stock versions somewhat boring: https://github.com/Head-on-a-Stick/shar ... /openbox-3
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Not yet - I really haven't found a set of buttons that did it for me but will check out yoursHead_on_a_Stick wrote:...Have you tried making new buttons yet? I find the stock versions somewhat boring: https://github.com/Head-on-a-Stick/shar ... /openbox-3
And here's my themerc (thanks for the code tag idea)
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#======================================
# Menu Settings
#======================================
menu.title.bg: raised
menu.title.bg.color: #363533
menu.title.text.color: #ffffff
menu.separator.color: #242424
menu.items.bg: raised
menu.items.bg.color: #363533
menu.items.text.color: #ffffff
menu.items.disabled.text.color: #707070
menu.items.active.bg: flat border
menu.items.active.bg.color: #555250
menu.items.active.bg.border.color: #ffffff
menu.items.active.text.color: #cccccc
#======================================
# Focused Window Settings
#======================================
window.active.title.bg: flat border
window.active.title.bg.color: #363533
window.active.title.bg.border.color: #363533
window.active.handle.bg: raised
window.active.handle.bg.color: #363533
window.active.grip.bg: parentrelative
window.active.label.bg: parentrelative
window.active.label.text.color: #ffffff
window.*.button.*.bg: parentrelative
window.active.button.*.image.color: #ffffff
window.active.button.*.pressed.image.color: #000000
window.active.button.disabled.image.color: #ffffff
#======================================
# Unfocused Window Settings
#======================================
window.inactive.title.bg: raised
window.inactive.title.bg.color: #363533
window.inactive.handle.bg: raised
window.inactive.handle.bg.color: #363533
window.inactive.grip.bg: parentrelative
window.inactive.label.bg: parentrelative
window.inactive.label.text.color: #ffffff
window.inactive.button.*.image.color: #ffffff
#======================================
# Global Width Settings
#======================================
# padding.width: 1
# padding.height: 1
# border.width: 1
# window.handle.width: 3
# window.client.padding.width: 0
# menu.overlap.x: -5
padding.width: 3
padding.height: 3
border.width: 1
window.client.padding.width: 0
window.handle.width: 0
window.label.text.justify: left
#======================================
# Miscellaneous Settings
#======================================
border.color: #000000
menu.border.color: #000000
#======================================
# Osd
#======================================
osd.bg: raised
osd.bg.color: #363533
osd.hilight.bg: flat border
osd.hilight.bg.color: #363533
osd.hilight.bg.border.color: #548a25
#======================================
# Title Justification
#======================================
menu.title.text.justify: center
window.label.text.justify: center
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Re: openbox theming
I installed these buttons - https://www.box-look.org/p/1391908/
I like them better than stock but am still on the hunt
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edit: I also removed the application icon from top left because it's useless
I like them better than stock but am still on the hunt
clickable screenshot -
edit: I also removed the application icon from top left because it's useless
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Re: openbox theming
This is what I love about OpenBox; it is so wonderfully configurable. Even a rank amateur like me can figure it out. It's been years since I made my own theme (which I'm still using). Maybe it's time to look at this again.
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Re: openbox theming
Ooh, very nice, I like thosewizard10000 wrote:I installed these buttons - https://www.box-look.org/p/1391908/
Make your own in GIMP — just create a 16x16 canvas (or whichever size you want), paint the mask in black & white and then export it as a .xbm file.wizard10000 wrote:I like them better than stock but am still on the hunt
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Wish I couldHead_on_a_Stick wrote:Make your own in GIMP...
I'm strongly left-brained, brain operates only in zeroes and ones. I tend to fail miserably trying to create something myself so I just borrow other people's graphics
I know what I like when I see it but if you asked me to describe it (or make it) I get stuck. Even at work it's widely known that although I'm a topnotch number cruncher I have almost no eye for shape or color so for team presentations I usually do the backend work and the boss makes it pretty
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box-look.org is a great place for themes and I'm getting pretty okay at hacking up Other People's WorkBulkley wrote:This is what I love about OpenBox; it is so wonderfully configurable. Even a rank amateur like me can figure it out. It's been years since I made my own theme (which I'm still using). Maybe it's time to look at this again.
My process has been kinda neat - if necessary install the theme with obconf, open the themerc and tweak, save, restart openbox from right-click menu and see changes instantly. It has been fun
I also pitched the ~/.themes directory and made a symlink to ~/.local/share/themes instead.
edit: The openbox wiki has every possible option you can put in a themerc and am thinking seriously of creating one that works but has every option available either set or commented out that I can use as a template for future theming fun.
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Re: openbox theming
use-this-one.obt on my gdrive - buttons blank unless you mouseover
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