Changing Colours in KDE

Lycus_adr0 · 08-13-2004, 12:05 AM

I am having some diffculty changing colours in KDE particularity with Mozilla Firefox and gaim, they don't comply with my theme. Why is this and how can a fix it?

HappyTux · 08-13-2004, 12:46 AM

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Originally posted by Lycus_adr0
I am having some diffculty changing colours in KDE particularity with Mozilla Firefox and gaim, they don't comply with my theme. Why is this and how can a fix it?

In the Control Center -> Appearance & Themes -> Colours there should be an option at the bottom of the window to apply colours to non-KDE applications if you check it you then apply the changes should get what you want. The reason for this is the applications you name use the gtk engine to render their applications whereas KDE uses qt.

Lycus_adr0 · 08-13-2004, 06:37 AM

Is there a way I can make the GTK+ apps use the same colours as KDE? I checked that box but some apps refuse to comply.

HappyTux · 08-13-2004, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lycus_adr0
Is there a way I can make the GTK+ apps use the same colours as KDE? I checked that box but some apps refuse to comply.

Well you can never get all of them to do it AFAICT but there are themes that you can use that will get them closer here are the package names in Debian perhaps the names are similar in Redhat. You may want to look for the qtpixmap or gerimak ones.

Code:

>$ apt-cache search gtk theme
amaterus - GTK+ based window manager
gnome-themes-extras - various themes for the GNOME 2 desktop
gqmpeg - a GTK+ front end to mpg321/mpg123 and ogg123
gtk-engines-begtk - BeOS-like theme for GTK+
gtk-engines-eazel - The Eazel GTK+ theme engine, including the Crux theme
gtk-engines-geramik - Geramik GTK1.x Theme
gtk-engines-geramik-data - Geramik GTK Theme bitmaps
gtk-engines-icegradient - Ice-Gradient theme for GTK+
gtk-engines-industrial - Flat-looking GTK+ 1.x engine from Ximian
gtk-engines-lighthouseblue - LighthouseBlue theme for GTK+ 1.2
gtk-engines-mac2 - Mac2 theme for GTK+
gtk-engines-metal - Metallic theme for GTK+ 1.2
gtk-engines-mist - A flat theme for GTK+ 1.2
gtk-engines-notif - Motif-like theme for GTK+ 1.2
gtk-engines-pixmap - Pixmap-based theme for GTK+ 1.2
gtk-engines-qtpixmap - QtPixmap GTK1.x theming engine
gtk-engines-raleigh - GTK+ 2.0-like theme for GTK+ 1.2
gtk-engines-redmond95 - Windows-like theme for GTK+ 1.2
gtk-engines-thingeramik - ThinGeramik GTK1.x Theme
gtk-engines-thingeramik-data - ThinGeramik GTK Theme bitmaps
gtk-engines-thinice - ThinIce theme for GTK+ 1.2
gtk-engines-xenophilia - Customisable GTK+ engine with a plain look
gtk-smooth-themes - A set of themes for the Smooth GTK+ Engine
gtk-theme-switch - GTK+ theme switching utility
gtk2-engines-geramik - Geramik GTK2.x Theme
gtk2-engines-industrial - Flat-looking GTK+ 2.x engine from Ximian
gtk2-engines-qtpixmap - QtPixmap GTK2.x theming engine
gtk2-engines-spherecrystal - A blue vector theme for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-thingeramik - ThinGeramik GTK2.x Theme
gtk2-engines-wonderland - Wonderland theme for GTK+ 2.0
gtklp - Frontend for CUPS written in GTK2
libgtkextra-dev - A useful set of widgets for GTK+ (development files)
libgtkextra16 - A useful set of widgets for GTK+
libgtkextra17 - A useful set of widgets for GTK+
libgtkextra17-dev - A useful set of widgets for GTK+ (development files)
metacity-themes - Themes for the Gtk2 metacity window manager
xdialog - X11 replacement for the text util dialog
gtk-engines-smooth - Smooth Engine for GTK+ 1.2
gtk2-engines-cleanice - CleanIce themes for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-crux - the Crux theme engine for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-highcontrast - High contrast GTK+ 2.x theme engine
gtk2-engines-lighthouseblue - LighthouseBlue theme for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-magicchicken - Magic Chicken themes for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-metal - Metallic theme for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-mist - flat theme for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-pixbuf - Pixbuf-based theme for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-redmond95 - Windows-like theme for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-smooth - Smooth Engine for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-thinice - the ThinIce theme engine for GTK+ 2.x
gtk2-engines-xfce - A GTK+-2.0 theme engine for Xfce
xcdroast - X based CD-writer software
mandrake-galaxy-theme - Default theme for Mandrake Linux 10.0

motub · 08-15-2004, 06:24 PM

Firefox is a self-themed program; it doesn't even follow the generally-set GTK color scheme, much less the KDE (QT) color settings-- about all it will do is use the general theme's titlebar and scrollbars.

Not much to do about it as far as I can tell but consider writing your own custom theme.

xIEatxChildrenx · 01-05-2005, 11:06 PM

I was wondering if there was a way to make all the color in ste scheme transparent i know there used to be a way when i was using redhat9 but i cant figure it out now i hate solid colors i want transparent everyting for kde and the colorscheme is the only ting i have left to change so if anyone can helo me out with that i will drinkk 1000 guiness for yas

daihard · 01-06-2005, 12:30 AM

As long as you're using the default Firefox theme, Firefox honours your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 colour setting. For instance:

Code:

style "default" {
    bg[NORMAL] = "#EEEEE6"   # Keramik Emerald (3.3)
} class "*" style "default"