Clearlooks 2

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Description:

This is version 2 of the Clearlooks window decoration, made to fit well with Clearlooks-Cairo.

Note: If you want to keep your old Clearlooks Metacity theme, you should rename one of the theme folders.

Last changelog:

15 years ago

2.1:
- Gave up and switched to pixmaps for icons.
- Focused icons have a soft shadow outline for better visibility (thanks to dhonn for the mockup).
- Well, happy new year!

2.0.1:
- Tweaked separator line on unfocused windows.
- Icons on active buttons are always white.

2.0:
- Initial release.

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Sparrk
15 years ago

Yes, I'll probably change that. There are various reasons why I did it as it is in Clearlooks, but it doesn't really work well with the new style anymore. Mostly because the buttons are darker now.

Maybe I'll also experiment with putting a shadow or black outline behind the icons.

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dhonn
15 years ago

I think the unfocused window looks weird. The black line below the title bar doesnt look right. What if you lightend it up or what happens if you not draw it.

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dhonn
15 years ago

thanks 2.0.1 is nice.

What about adding a light shadow on the focused title bar buttons?

like this: http://dhonn.com/images/shadow.png

What do you think?

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orthonovum
15 years ago

My only complain with ALOT of themes is the rounded edges on the window borders.. not that i dont like rounded edges, i do like them... but for some reason we can never get smooth rounded edges why is that? is it GTK? is it metacity? is it the software used to design the graphic(s)?

oh well just my 2 cents about rounded edges in linux..

nice theme tho :)

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Sparrk
15 years ago

That's because we don't have real window transparency yet. This problem can technically only be fixed with help of the composite extension, so we'll need a little more patience. :) It will get there.

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bvc
15 years ago

..job drawing the buttons on code instead of using pixmaps!

My only issue is a 24px titlebar with the default 10 font size (I think that's default), but that's easily changed. Thanks for the theme!

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Sparrk
15 years ago

Yeah, the scalability is my favorite feature of metacity. I actually used a font size of 11 before, but with the wide buttons, 10 is just right for me. I can see how it can be too large for some especially on lower resolutions, but at least it's not as huge as XP titlebars. :)

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marvin
15 years ago

I can't wait until the next version of gtk-engines comes out.

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iac
15 years ago

This looks great! Any chance of one with squared corners?

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Cwiiis
15 years ago

This looks an awful lot like http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=32167 but without the red close button (which I quite like) - Any relation?

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Sparrk
15 years ago

I noticed the similarity shortly after I had the initial concept done, so it probably influenced me subconsciously. Of course the chrome effect is very common these days and also the light inner outline on the buttons (see Tango, Vista, etc).

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