Compact murrine
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
**THIS IS ONLY A PREVIEW**
As you can see this is a compact murrine theme. The goal is to provide an usable AND compact look.
The goal of the theme, again, is to be both usable and compact. Its not fancy as you can see but its really clean.
I've used a lot of fancy themes, that uses pixmap engine, but they do not behave well with all applications (ie: evolution mail, firefox, etc) so i decided to use murrine engine which is pretty cool and works smoothly.
I do like both pucko, shiki, dust, etc but the problem with them (imho) is that they are "too big"! so that's why i played a little bit with thickness options to make it very compact but still usable.
Im open to new suggestions. So please let me know what do you think
ITS A MODIFICATION OF:
Shiki Colors
Pucko Modern
Author of shiki colors (perfectska04) gave me his concent, so if the author of pucko modern (which metacity style and some engine options i own) is ok i will realease.
Base: 4 x 5.0 Ratings
Support-Box
Compact murrine is part of GTK Themes and Content, which is supported by the following people:
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piotrekp
11 years ago
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boy23arg
11 years ago
Sliders are the way the are, cause they are really thin, and it would be a pain in _you know where_ to catch them if they are shorter.
Again, this is 1 line configuration so, you can make it shorter
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piotrekp
11 years ago
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paraboy
11 years ago
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boy23arg
11 years ago
Im using murrine engine and im not able to change the progressbars size, for that i should try another engine such as pixmaps, but then, again, is upto the font size you are using.
For the combo boxers there is a catch. If you reduce the size of the combo box, then it will be smaller than the arrow button, and it looks horrible!
I understand the fact that consistency is important but as you noted in your comment:
Compact OR consistent
I guess we should try to make compact things we can and leave the rest make it look good.
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paraboy
11 years ago
Knowing that GTK+ is a pain in the ***, it might be worth having a look at these two themes:
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Clearlooks-compact?content=59138
and
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/human_ultracompact?content=81128
Both are very zealous (too much, IMHO) about compactness, but it might be useful to see how they achieve their effects. I haven't looked at the code, but I suspect they fiddle with padding values.
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paraboy
11 years ago
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techwizrd
11 years ago
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boy23arg
11 years ago
I think any scrollbar is hard to catch with a laptop hehe, but the thing is: I don't use scrollbars!
I mostly use the wheel of my mouse, and to catch a 10 px (giving that you can catch a 15 px) is not hard at all for me.
The sliders are a small, but i tried to compensate them with the lenght. Of course, all of this is configurable, just 2 lines of code
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perfectska04
11 years ago
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boy23arg
11 years ago
I love shiki, as you can see I also use the icons!
Im considering dropping the stripped progressbars (i hope murrine guys do something about this) and use pixmap engine so i can use gradients and that will match the theme better.
Also, the x/ythickness set to 1 in buttons allows one to "hide" the dotted rectangle focus in buttons since it fits perfectly in the border! unfortunately for tabs and stuff doesn't work :)
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gomezhyuuga1
11 years ago
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