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Greenjorn 06-03-2013 07:43 AM

Trouble with using xfce themes
 
I am trying to figure out for 2 days now how to get new themes working. I downloaded some themes and created a folder in /home/user/.themes (it didn't exists when i pressed ctrl h). I put the themes into the folder and still nothing shows up in Menu > settings > appearances. I also tried using the usr/share/themes and placed them there but still nothing appears, I restarted the computer after doing it to see if they will work and nothing. I also tried to download some basic themes, nothing fancy like Shiki-Colors (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.p...?content=86717) and still nothing. I tried dragging the folder to styles window and it also doesn't add. I am confused, I really want to change the bland theme and use some nice downloaded ones, hope someone can help. Thanks

TobiSGD 06-03-2013 07:48 AM

Have you extracted the themes before putting them in the appropriate folders (you have chosen the correct ones)?

Janus_Hyperion 06-03-2013 10:03 AM

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This is what I have in the ~/.themes folder and all these work.

Code:

$ ls ~/.themes/
DarkOrangeBird  Shiki-Brave  Shiki-Dust  Shiki-Human  Shiki-Illustrious  Shiki-Noble  Shiki-Wise

How exactly did you check to see if they work? I can select these themes in Appearance tool (see attached image).

Greenjorn 06-03-2013 04:06 PM

i have it like

bash-4.2$ ls ~/.themes/
Shiki-Colors xfwm4

The reason there is xfwm4 in there is because I was testing to see if I directly put the folder if they will work. It's just a copy of shiki colors and it did not work.

The weird part is, I used the orta installer thats included in the package and it installed correctly, yet when I download themes and place them myself it does not work?

Janus_Hyperion 06-03-2013 04:10 PM

Nope. Each of the shiki-* entries above is a different theme. xfwm4 folder is used to describe the theme for the window managers. So, a theme should contain xfwm4 folder inside if it has theming information for the window manager.

What I posted there is from the clearlooks theme by the way.


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