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Topic: Themes 101 - OpenBox

OK, I have been going crazy trying to figure out this theme stuff.

Yes, I can read, I have http://openbox.org/ bookmarked and have spent many hours on many days reading, maybe I missed what I am looking for.

This Example ... is a handy list of all of the options and how they relate to each other. What I need (sorry: want) to know is which of those options refer to the OpenBox Menu! as seen circled below.  I can't find that "group" of options listed anywhere!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16070765/thmb_Themes_101.png

Here's an example:

# Text shadows
window.active.label.text.font: shadow=y:shadowtint=70:shadowoffset=1
window.inactive.label.text.font: shadow=y:shadowtint=20:shadowoffset=1
menu.items.font: shadow=n
menu.title.text.font: shadow=y:shadowtint=70:shadowoffset=1

Is that for the "Open Box Menu" or the drop down menus from various programs?

No matter how much I try I mess things up, I have copied the untouched themerc files from the originals over my test themerc file(s) more times than I can count!

It's obvious that /.themes/NAME/openbox-3/themerc is not for the OpenBox Menu only, it does control some aspects of how applications (gedit for example) look when opened. Active - inactive windows etc etc.

So if some kind person help me sort that list out at: Example I would greatly appreciate it.

Last edited by Sector11 (2011-02-13 18:06:54)

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Re: Themes 101 - OpenBox

It's there at the bottom of the example? hmm

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Re: Themes 101 - OpenBox

Openbox themes only control window borders and the openbox right click menu and the menu that pops when you click the window titles. It doesn't affect in what happens inside the window borders.

Those there affect the window title when it's active/inactive and then title in right click menu and the pop up menu that you get when you right click the window title.

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Re: Themes 101 - OpenBox

I guess it's the (i hardly dare to say it) Menus section at the end of the example tongue

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Re: Themes 101 - OpenBox

Unia wrote:

It's there at the bottom of the example? hmm

Hanna wrote:

Openbox themes only control window borders and the openbox right click menu and the menu that pops when you click the window titles. It doesn't affect in what happens inside the window borders.

Those there affect the window title when it's active/inactive and then title in right click menu and the pop up menu that you get when you right click the window title.

Tunafish wrote:

I guess it's the (i hardly dare to say it) Menus section at the end of the example tongue

I feel like a bit of a dip here, but the stuff at the end I never questioned!

It's the "menu.something" stuff throughout that is puzzling me, as per the sample I gave in my first post:

# Text shadows - the two menu entries there - what menu do they interact with?

@ Hanna - Thank you kindly for your explanation it's a big help!

In fact I'm guessing that that entire section "# Text shadows" is acting on the OpenBox menus directly, from what Hanna says: 

It doesn't affect in what happens inside the window borders.

... which means the answer is not as simple as the the menu sections at the bottom/end of the example.

However, I thank you all, like I said, I don't want anyone to do it for me...

I'll be back with more I'm sure. as well as others that might require help.

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Re: Themes 101 - OpenBox

Sector11 wrote:

# Text shadows - the two menu entries there - what menu do they interact with?

Well, "menu.title.text.font" affects any titles within the Openbox menu.  "menu.items.font" affects the rest of the menu text.  I don't see any menu titles in your screenshot, so I doubt you'd notice any changes to that tag.

In fact I'm guessing that that entire section "# Text shadows" is acting on the OpenBox menus directly, from what Hanna says: 

It doesn't affect in what happens inside the window borders.

... which means the answer is not as simple as the the menu sections at the bottom/end of the example.

The menus inside the window borders (and just about everything else inside the window borders) are handled by the GTK themes, not the Openbox themes.

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Re: Themes 101 - OpenBox

@ pvsage

Thanks for the input, there is no way I'm touching the GTK themes - YET!

I want to concentrate on OB first.

Actually I have a few titles, and one right where the subject matter is:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16070765/thmb_title.png

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Re: Themes 101 - OpenBox

OK, I'm getting there I'm beginning to work "under the hood" more now, testing and breaking things as usual!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16070765/thmb_sr11_menu.png

SR11 Ops Rm has a bunch of crap to be cleaned out yet as well, but I'll wait for the under the hood stuff to be worked out.

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