Comments on: Xubuntu + Compiz = Pretty pretty Xubuntu

By: Vincent

Vincent — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:08:51 +0000

Mike, you’d need a GTK theme for that.

Thanks Oscar

By: Oscar

Oscar — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:22:51 +0000

This how-to works perfectly, thanks

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:39:54 +0000

Hi
So do you know which themes will include changing panels as well compiz, beryl, metacity? GTK ?
Thanks

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:41:59 +0000

Ah, I see. That is just an Emerald theme, meaning that it will only change your window borders when running Emerald. I recommend you to contact the author to ask him which theme he’s using in the screenshot

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:59:23 +0000

Hi
Yeah I’m using ubuntu so, I dont think it will still use Xfce? But I’ve seen quite a few gnome look themes, that include he panel in the screen shots. But I am not exacly sure, if Im supposed to be looking for GTK 1.X,GTK 2.X, Beryl or Compiz for the ubuntu.
I thought this was pretty good,
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Dark+Ice+Emerald?content=70284
Just looking for something black and shiny.
I dont know if it will change the panels and scroll bars. It worked in xubuntu, but its not really working in ubuntu.
Thanks

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:42:48 +0000

As far as I know, the theme can include specific hints to the colour of the Xfce panel, however, I suppose most themes only take into account the GNOME panels. If you mail me the theme and tell me what you want, I can take a look and see if I can make it theme the Xfce panels

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:22:41 +0000

Hi
Thanks, but isn’t there a way for the theme you install to already come with a colour and font for the panel. Do I have to get specific themes?
Thanks.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:12:33 +0000

@Janko - try reading the Troubleshooting section.

@deuts and Mohan - you’re welcome

@Mike - my first post on customizing Xfce explains how to customize the panel. I suppose that to change the background colour, you’d use a .gtkrc-2.0 file like the following:

style "panel" { bg[NORMAL] = “black” fg[NORMAL] = “white” }

widget_class “*Panel*” style “panel” widget “*Panel*” style “panel” class “*Panel*” style “panel”

Of course, this uses a black background and white letters - change this to what you’d like to use

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:03:24 +0000

Hi Vincent
Sorry I am using ubuntu 8.04 now, so just wanted to know if you could help me.
I am having trouble with changing the panel color to match the theme for ubuntu. Ubuntu is a bit different from the xubuntu so just needed a bit of help with that.
Already have emerald and xubuntu installed so any ideas?
Thanks

By: Mohan

Mohan — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:04:19 +0000

Well I just did this on Xubuntu 8.04 and it worked like a charm thanks man.