GTK3 Themes aerospace avionics dark-theme gnome xfce

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://github.com/solsticeman?tab=repositories

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Description:

AvionX is a GTK 3.2 theme with a few avionics touches tossed in.

What's new in version 1.8 you may ask yourself?
Almost everything! It's a whole new theme!

Rebuilt from the ground up to remove all lingering traces of cobalt blue. (Not that cobalt blue is bad. My Kobalt theme is quite popular!) .
Cobalt blue was traded in for some nice shades of cyan and teal. The "cockpit grey" color hue shifted also.

The scrollbar has been reworked as the non-expanding scroll knob wan't cutting it, it wouldn't travel the full range.
The stepper function was added to the scrollbar, mostly for looks.

The ugly Phillips screws were traded in for better hardware. Menu margins/padding tweaked for better stability.

Mint Cinnamon has added a more contemporary style option to the panels which means that panel buttons don't stretch across the entire panel work area,
The split panels stylishly attach to the popup menus, wherever you may choose to use them.

Gnome shell included.
Xfce, Unity, and Chrome are supported.

Don't forget to install the included menu icon.

Wallpapers are at 1920 x 1080 resolution.

Last changelog:

Major Changes v1.8 2 months ago

This theme has been rebuilt from the ground up to remove all traces of the cobalt blue color that weren't completely eliminated in the last change.
The cobalt blue was traded in for more shades of cyan/teal ranges. The "cockpit grey" color hue shifted also.
The single , non-expanding scroll knob wan't cutting it, as it wouldn't travel the full range.
The stepper function was added to the scrollbar, mostly for looks.
The ugly Phillips screws were traded in for flat head panel fasteners, more commonly used in the aerospace industry.
The menu has a tendency to change in size and margines have have been adjusted to better compensate for those subtle changes.
In XFCE, there was an issue with some panel launcher background colors not matching and the problems can be observed in other themes as well.
The panel's background color was adjusted to match and compensate for this mismatch.
Mint Cinnamon has added a more contemporary style option to the panels which means that panels don't have to stretch across the entire panel area,
The split panels work nicely in this mode, They attach nicely to the popup menus, wherever you choose to use them.

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doctordrew

2 months ago

+pretty cool!

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armageddon51

2 months ago

Hum , I tried v1.7 but I don't see any difference in XFCE Manjaro. It's the same very dark blue. I think Manjaro Xfce use GTK3. Thanks

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solsticeman

2 months ago

Sorry for the inconvenience. Editing GTK2.0 didn't fix everything, but it helped. I was reworking the rest of the elements of the theme for consistency 2 days ago when Manjaro messed up my portable hard drive, it doesn't play well with Mint and Ubuntu. I've wasted 2 days trying to fix it. I had the cinnamon part of theme fixed and was working on GTK 3 when the crash happened and I lost everything. Cinnamon looked way better in a lighter shade of blue. This theme should be wrapped up by the weekend and I will soon be getting a new pc as this one's ten years old.

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freefreeno

2 months ago

Yes it is fixed.I have a question and I am about to drive myself crazy with it. I need a plain window manager theme to match the new adwaita dark theme and don't want it a different color then the very top part of the Adwaita dark theme. Can you please shove me in the correct direction to make myself one. I don't know if you have checked the new adwaita dark but it is pretty nice complete theme in xfce beside of course the Xfwm4 theme.

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solsticeman

2 months ago

Sure.
XFCE is easy to edit. Swapping out the main 3 colors totally changes the theme.
You need a color picking program first, such as KcolorChooser, or you can use one online.
Next, using root, grab a theme in user/share/themes, make a copy and rename it.
Open the index file in the theme and change the name there, in order for the theme to be found by your theme manager.
Test to see if it loads.
Open up your GTK-2.0, then open up the gtkrc file with a text editor.
Change the background, foreground, and select the colors that you desire.
These are the 3 colors that are displayed by the theme manager.
Don't be afraid to change other colors in there. .
You can always edit your last change if you don't like it.
You need to close and reopen the theme manager to get the theme to compile.
After making a change, load another theme then load yours. to see the changes made.
Remember, backup your work frequently!
armageddon51 is correct. GTK3 adds the icing to the cake.
Some themes don't use it, but you can do more with the new coding.
The GTK-2 is used by many apps, such as GIMP and many of the music manager apps.
Good Luck!

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solsticeman

2 months ago

I messed up. Change the background, foregound and "select" colors.

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freefreeno

2 months ago

Settings menu is still white and the window buttons on panel and panel preferences but I tell you what is crazy funny. I don't like white themes but I like the way the white looks in my settings from this theme. lol. I request a theme built like this but with dark panel bar and dark whisker menu but with white everything else as in thunar and settings and chrome and such. The request I have stems from the fact that ALL white themes are too too white. I am not a designer but I can tell you that white in a theme does not need to be white. A soft white that is not bright on your eyes is what I am talking about. Just like my settings menu now. I am enclosing a screenshot so you can see. It is just a request. White should not be as in real white on a theme. Too bright and looks terrible.Also accents should be different white. Not all one color. The screen shots tell all. Everything is soft and clear as blank on this white which is not really whit but you'll get the meaning.The chrome theme will look awsome like this. http://imgbox.com/g/uZgpG77WPA Those exact colors .....

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solsticeman

2 months ago

Fixed. I hope. It looks awesome in Manjaro XFCE. (The last screenshot)

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armageddon51

2 months ago

+

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armageddon51

2 months ago

Beautiful design. However the very dark blue accent doesn't work for me. I would suggest something softer (Manjaro Xfce). Thanks

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solsticeman

2 months ago

I know what you mean. It doesn't really work for me, either. The other thing I'm not pleased with is the menu slider bar. I couldn't get it to scroll over the top of the menu icons. If anyone know how to accomplish this, drop me a line. Thanks for your feedback, armageddon51 !

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fernandochamorro

2 months ago

+Awesome Theme

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solsticeman

2 months ago

Thanks!!!

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freefreeno

2 months ago

Setting menu in Xfce in white. I just received the latest Gtk about 10 min ago so maybe that has something to do with it.

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solsticeman

2 months ago

Try removing the GTK 3.0 and gtk-assets folders. Worked for me. Posting a picture. Sometimes less is better. I ran it in Manjaro-Xfce.

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solsticeman

2 months ago

Any luck? I'll install Xfce on a stick and take a look at things as I've only tested on Ubuntu, Mint 19, and Cinnamon Manjaro.

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freefreeno

2 months ago

Oh sorry it is at top. I am used to checking changes at the bottom.

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freefreeno

2 months ago

Still no Xfce WM ??????

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hery9900

3 months ago

the icon theme installed but cannot found on themes menu

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solsticeman

2 months ago

The theme is probably not installed properly, hery9900. Usually the problem is that the theme folder is nested inside another folder after decompressing. When installed correctly, there should be no version info after the name. Eggs are better if you remove the shell first. You got me talking about eggs again.

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freefreeno

3 months ago

Why no xfce support???

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solsticeman

3 months ago

Great idea! Stay tuned...

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foobaz

5 months ago

Great looking theme and you can tell a lot of work went into it. There is a cohesive design and a lot of attention to detail.

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solsticeman

5 months ago

I appreciate the positive feedback, foobaz. ! A lot of experimental things things that I tried didn't work as planned, but I can live with it. Guess you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette.

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Major Changes v1.8 2 months ago

This theme has been rebuilt from the ground up to remove all traces of the cobalt blue color that weren't completely eliminated in the last change.
The cobalt blue was traded in for more shades of cyan/teal ranges. The "cockpit grey" color hue shifted also.
The single , non-expanding scroll knob wan't cutting it, as it wouldn't travel the full range.
The stepper function was added to the scrollbar, mostly for looks.
The ugly Phillips screws were traded in for flat head panel fasteners, more commonly used in the aerospace industry.
The menu has a tendency to change in size and margines have have been adjusted to better compensate for those subtle changes.
In XFCE, there was an issue with some panel launcher background colors not matching and the problems can be observed in other themes as well.
The panel's background color was adjusted to match and compensate for this mismatch.
Mint Cinnamon has added a more contemporary style option to the panels which means that panels don't have to stretch across the entire panel area,
The split panels work nicely in this mode, They attach nicely to the popup menus, wherever you choose to use them.

Fixed XFCE theming v1.7 2 months ago

Tested and repaired XFCE theming colors, GTK 2.0 derived colors were seriously off target. The dark blue has been replaced with a lighter hue.

Added wallpaper (no theme version change) 2 months ago

Added a wallpaper.
The AvionX logo wallpaper was for Mint desktops.
In fact, all 3wallpapers were LM.
The new universal one depicting "AVIONX" will be titled "AvionX-universal".

Gnome shell reworked v1.6 2 months ago

More avionics items added to Gnome shell
App show and app control buttons updated
Volume control slider updated

Added Gnome shell (v1.5) 3 months ago

Added Gnome shell
Added Unity support
Added XFCE support
Added Chrome support

Mint 19.1 compatible 3 months ago

Adjusted spacing of menu to make Mint 19.1 compatible

Changed desktop icon font color 5 months ago

Changed desktop icon font color for clarity in Ubuntu. Added knob centered scrollbar tracks in panels. removed trough outline..

added wallpaper 5 months ago

added AvionX-Logo wallpaper.

Added additional knobs 5 months ago

Additional knobs to match main menu scroll knob added throughout theme and off/on switches updated to match also.

scrollbar added 5 months ago

added scrollbar to main menu to ease navigation..

product-maker doctordrew Feb 08 2019

+pretty cool!

product-maker armageddon51 Jan 29 2019

+

product-maker fernandochamorro Jan 28 2019

+Awesome Theme

product-maker hery9900 Jan 18 2019

the icon theme installed but cannot found on themes menu

product-maker foobaz Nov 01 2018

Great looking theme and you can tell a lot of work went into it. There is a cohesive design and a lot of attention to detail.
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