New Wave

GTK2 Themes

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Description:

It is time to give a modern and professional look to our desktop! The new theme makes more clever use of orange (not over-use it) and is mainly color-neutral. It is designed for Ubuntu in mind but can be used in other distros that may bear warm colors.


[size=3]Installation: (requires pixbuf theme engine)[/size]
Very simple. Just double click the file newwave-(xxx).gtp where (xxx) is the version number e.g. 050. Note that if you have previous version of the theme in your home folder you need to remove it first. You may need to log out then log in to make all changes appear (e.g. handlers, lines). For more information on how to fix Firefox's menubar text and how to use the theme in root programs see the README file.


Extras:
The package also contains:
- New Wave Configurator (GUI),
- Emerald themes,
- Compiz-fusion settings,
- Second theme with dark menus,
- Firefox skin,
- Some metacity tweaks.
- Time applet tips.
Theme for xfwm4 (Xubuntu) can be downloaded in the Download section of this page.


Support & News:

Check the latest news at my blog: http://ankere.wordpress.com/

Any bugs should be reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/anton

If you have questions ask them in Launchpad Questions section:https://answers.launchpad.net/anton
or in the Help tab of this page.

You could also sponsor me (in the form of donation) in order to buy a cheap laptop and work on New Wave more. You can do the donation by clicking on the donate button on the right of the download section.
Last changelog:

9 years ago

v 0.8.2
- Statusbar, selected text, popups in Nautilus, tooltips, text improvements (lighter text)
- More lightness in menus and desktop items (transparancy and toned colors)
- Improved active tab and horizontal line gradients.
- Transparent panels and items possible when using flat panel theme (use NW Configurator to set up)
- IconView and Assistant Window themed much better.
- Infobars are styled properly to match the theme.
- Added focus for the items in nautilus and many other apps.
- Improved selected workspace bg color in the applet.
- Fixed the rendering glitch in Appearance manager.
- Improved NW Configurator - transparent panels and more.
- Redesigned progressbars inside treeviews to match the other progressbars better.
- Fixed long standing issue with Evolution's preferences wrong colors.
- Restyled frames in Gedit statusbar and the panel.
- New theme format gtp for easier installation (just double click)


v 0.8.1

- Brasero notifications color fixed.
- Rhythmbox 'Now playing' tool-tips can now be seen.
- Fixed scrollbars in OpenOffice and Firefox by using hack.
- Firefox skin for Firefox 3.5
- Firefox and OO unreadable menubar text could be fixed with Configurator.
- Metacity enchantments for dialogs (only visible when compiz effects are off)
- Lotus Notes and Eclipse 100% CPU bug fixed.
- Old combo-box is themed better in OpenOffice and other apps.
- Introducing a Configurator (GUI) for easy modification of some theme properties.


v 0.8.0

- Treeview has new headers, items and focus system.
- Make nautilus sidebar use custom treeview design for better integration.
- New design for scrollbars and scrollbar arrows.
- Better tooltips that look more three dimensional (3D).
- Progressbars are more "color rich" and have more depth. Thus they are more attention grabbing.
- Modified etched out shadows.
- Emerald usability fix in the button bottom border color.
- Textboxes, tabs, combobox entries and range controls have focus indicated by glow.
- Firefox theme available for better integration.
- Opera theme by Kyle Baker (see download section because it is not included in the pack)

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dilomo

11 years ago

This is the reason for the bug but it should be fixed. On my pc I have a symlink in my /root/ pointing to /home/.themes/ so this should why I'm not getting it.

I confirmed the bug at Launchpad and will try to fix it as soon as possible.

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eitreach

11 years ago

..without menu bar gradient - would that be possible?

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dilomo

11 years ago

You should rename one more file. It is in:
'/home/<username>/.themes/New Wave/gtk-2.0/Images/'
and is called MenuBar.png too.

Sorry for the double post.

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dilomo

11 years ago

Yes you could go to your theme folder /home/<username>/.themes/New Wave/gtk-2.0/Images/Menu-Menubar/

And from there rename the file 'MenuBar.png' to 'MenuBar-No.png'. Then reload the theme. If you want to bring it back just rename the file to 'MenuBar.png' again.

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dhanuka

11 years ago

What is the icon theme you have used for screenshots? Please post the url. Thanks in advance. All the best for your nice work.

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dilomo

11 years ago

The theme is called Elementary Ubuntu and is developed alongside the gtk and gdm themes by the New Wave Team.

The project files are uploaded to the Launchpad site (collaborative place):

https://launchpad.net/anton


The icons can be checked out (downloaded) from here:
https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-new-wave/anton/devel.icons

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dhanuka

11 years ago

Thanks for your quick reply. But there is no link to download the files. How can I do that?

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dilomo

11 years ago

If you want to have the orange version you will have to download and install bazaar:

http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download

or use Synaptic Package Manager. Then in terminal window you should write this command:

bzr branch lp:~ubuntu-new-wave/anton/devel.icons


There is a blue version that the orange one is derived form:

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Elementary+Icons?content=73439

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dhanuka

11 years ago

Thanks for your great help I installed new bzr version and got the icons. Thanks. Keep it up your good work.

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dhanuka

11 years ago

Please help me. Following error occurred when downloading,

http://code.launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-new-wave/anton/devel.icons/ is redirected to https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-new-wave/anton/devel.icons/
bzr: ERROR: Unknown branch format: 'Bazaar pack repository format 1 (needs bzr 0.92)\n'

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Hehe

11 years ago

Actually I love this theme. Amazing, and very manly :)

Everything works well except the maximize/minimize/close button. It looks like this.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/new.lehoang/Ubuntu/photo#5237376022417035586

I'm not going to say I'm disappointed with it, but I prefer your buttons to mine :D

Thanks a lot for your great theme

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dilomo

11 years ago

Thanks. I have a few tips for you:

1. You might want to make the transition from the metacity titlebar to the menubar smooth. In this case you will have to copy the contents of the /gconf/gwd folder located in the theme pack in ~/.gconf/apps/. There is a readme file inside gconf too.

2. To get the appearance of the screenshots you will have to use Emerald window manager and install one of the themes in the Emerald folder.

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Hehe

11 years ago

Thank you for your quick reply and your nice tips also :D Now I have another problem:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/new.lehoang/Ubuntu/photo#5237421762484558578

As you see. When a windows is moving, there's a blank ( white ) line between the border and the menu-bar. Is there any way to solve this?

Thanks again :D

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dilomo

11 years ago

One more tip:

3. If you want to make your menu in Firefox readable you will have to copy the file userChrome.css in you profile's directory. For Firefox the path is ~/.mozilla/firefox/(xxxx).default/chrome/ where (xxxx) is some text different over installations.

Cheers
Anton

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Hehe

11 years ago

Thank you :D Let me try

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dilomo

11 years ago

I'm afraid this is beyond my scope as it requires a new version of emerald or may be better integration of the window manager with gtk.

However thanks for the feedback :)

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lubna

11 years ago

5.2 was good. 5.4 crashes my themes manager if I try to run it from this directory /usr/share/themes

it will not let me access it unless i delete the folder from /usr/share/themes directory.

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dilomo

11 years ago

I tried to reproduce it but with no success. Here's an image to proove it:

http://img197.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=02329_TestProof_122_408lo.jpg

If I have wrongly understood you them please explain me again what is the problem you have.

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jithu2k1

11 years ago

I'm not getting the same panel as you do...while i kinda did get the black panel but the inactive window text was not all black. I restarted the gnome-panel and after that I'm seeing only the menubar color panel.

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jithu2k1

11 years ago

darn typo...

With the black background, the background text was ALL black. Only the icons were visible.

I went ahead and used my own panel background. Other than this minor glich the theme is very nice. Rated good.

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dilomo

11 years ago

Thank you:)

However I do not understand what and why are you getting as error. Can you show me image or screencast? I hope I'm not asking too much.

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dilomo

11 years ago

Opps sorry but I DO understood you :) What I ment to say was I do not know why are you getting the error. On my and other PC's the panels appear all-right. Have you tried to restart your Xserver or even the PC and then see if the problem is still present?

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jithu2k1

11 years ago

Restarting X server fixes the problem...thanks for the tip. BTW sorry for the confusing comment, i should proof read before clicking on the Save button :(

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dilomo

11 years ago

It is OK. I'm happy that the problem is solved :)

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jgallen23

11 years ago

I just downloaded 051 and when I tried to install I get this error:
"metacity-1" does not appear to be a valid theme.

050 installed perfectly, not sure what changed in the latest version

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9 years ago

v 0.8.2
- Statusbar, selected text, popups in Nautilus, tooltips, text improvements (lighter text)
- More lightness in menus and desktop items (transparancy and toned colors)
- Improved active tab and horizontal line gradients.
- Transparent panels and items possible when using flat panel theme (use NW Configurator to set up)
- IconView and Assistant Window themed much better.
- Infobars are styled properly to match the theme.
- Added focus for the items in nautilus and many other apps.
- Improved selected workspace bg color in the applet.
- Fixed the rendering glitch in Appearance manager.
- Improved NW Configurator - transparent panels and more.
- Redesigned progressbars inside treeviews to match the other progressbars better.
- Fixed long standing issue with Evolution's preferences wrong colors.
- Restyled frames in Gedit statusbar and the panel.
- New theme format gtp for easier installation (just double click)


v 0.8.1

- Brasero notifications color fixed.
- Rhythmbox 'Now playing' tool-tips can now be seen.
- Fixed scrollbars in OpenOffice and Firefox by using hack.
- Firefox skin for Firefox 3.5
- Firefox and OO unreadable menubar text could be fixed with Configurator.
- Metacity enchantments for dialogs (only visible when compiz effects are off)
- Lotus Notes and Eclipse 100% CPU bug fixed.
- Old combo-box is themed better in OpenOffice and other apps.
- Introducing a Configurator (GUI) for easy modification of some theme properties.


v 0.8.0

- Treeview has new headers, items and focus system.
- Make nautilus sidebar use custom treeview design for better integration.
- New design for scrollbars and scrollbar arrows.
- Better tooltips that look more three dimensional (3D).
- Progressbars are more "color rich" and have more depth. Thus they are more attention grabbing.
- Modified etched out shadows.
- Emerald usability fix in the button bottom border color.
- Textboxes, tabs, combobox entries and range controls have focus indicated by glow.
- Firefox theme available for better integration.
- Opera theme by Kyle Baker (see download section because it is not included in the pack)

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