Theming GNOME Shell

RahulSundaram · #1 11th April 2011, 03:56 AM

Hi

I have pushed an update with the user theme extension enabled

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/upda...6d56cfgit.fc15

Install it and gnome-tweak-tool. Restart the shell (alt+f2, "r" and enter)

You can download a theme from

http://half-left.deviantart.com/art/...nset-200111295

After you download the zip file, click on it via gnome-tweak-tool.. Revert option doesn't work yet (upstream bug report with patch filed already). Meanwhile, you can revert using

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.user-theme name none

Have fun!

***Dan*** · #2 11th April 2011, 04:25 AM

Outstanding!

Thank you very much! <..

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arowana · #3 11th April 2011, 06:44 AM

this kind of theme with some modified fedora icons and a more blueish wallpaper is what fedora needs as default. very good, thanks!

megaloman · #4 11th April 2011, 02:42 PM

that's awesome!

write down a howto customise gnome-shell - more people would probably got involved in making gnome-shell look much much better (I really don't like it for being so... dark).

RahulSundaram · #5 11th April 2011, 03:11 PM

Hi

I suspect whoever is interested in customizing will write one themselves. it not hard to poke and figure it out

simpleblue · #6 13th April 2011, 04:48 AM

Thank you so much for this!

Who would have known that this early on Gnome Shell would have themes as awesome as these. The best thing is that this is only the beginning!

screamin_jesus · #7 13th April 2011, 06:06 PM

What does "click on it via gnome tweak tool" mean? I have gnome-tweak installed but I see no way to open the theme from within it, or open the theme with the gnone-tweak-tool. DO I have to put it somehwere?

RahulSundaram · #8 13th April 2011, 06:41 PM

Hi

I thought it was pretty visible but in gnome-tweak-tool, go to "Shell", click on "(None)" against "Shell Theme" and open the zip filev

skyxn3t · #9 13th April 2011, 07:29 PM

This only changes the shell colors, but not the windows colors, for example, firebox and file manager stay with the same colors and style.

For example, the following dark theme:
http://half-left.deviantart.com/art/...e%20shell&qo=8
only applies the style and colors to the outer shell but not to firefox, or file manager, etc...

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RahulSundaram · #10 13th April 2011, 07:32 PM

Hi

It is a GNOME Shell theme. Not a window manager theme and Firefox doesn't inherit system theme settings properly anyway since it is not a GTK app but emulates one.

***Dan*** · #11 13th April 2011, 07:40 PM

Hmmmm.

Ok, that begs the question of whether or not we can adapt our old nautilus themes from the .theme folder to work on the windows (nautilus) in Gnome shell? And if so, by what means?

RahulSundaram · #12 13th April 2011, 07:42 PM

Hi

Never used any nautilus themes. I can't be of help there.

***Dan*** · #13 13th April 2011, 07:45 PM

Dang! <..

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Back to the tweak-n-break process. Thanks anyway.

skyxn3t · #14 13th April 2011, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan

Hmmmm.

Ok, that begs the question of whether or not we can adapt our old nautilus themes from the .theme folder to work on the windows (nautilus) in Gnome shell? And if so, by what means?

Quote:

My current GTK and Metacity themes won't work with GNOME 3

The window manager in GNOME 3 is almost entirely feature compatible with the GNOME 2 window manager. While we plan to ship a much improved theme with GNOME 3 there is no active effort to prevent using existing GNOME 2 themes.

http://live.gnome.org/GNOME3Myths

***Dan*** · #15 13th April 2011, 08:04 PM

OK! Nifty! Now ... how do you apply those older themes? Old dialogue box go bye-bye with Gnome 3.