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- | ====== Appearance ====== | + | ~~NOTOC~~ |
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | ====== | ||
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+ | * **[[# | ||
+ | * **[[# | ||
+ | * **[[#Icon Cache|Icon Cache]]** | ||
+ | * **[[# | ||
+ | * **[[# | ||
+ | * **[[# | ||
+ | * **[[# | ||
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+ | * **[[# | ||
+ | * **[[#Menus and Buttons|Menus and Buttons]]** | ||
+ | * **[[#Event Sounds|Event Sounds]]** | ||
+ | * **[[#Window Scaling|Window Scaling]]** | ||
The // | The // | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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===== Style ===== | ===== Style ===== | ||
<figure "GTK+ Theme Style"> | <figure "GTK+ Theme Style"> | ||
- | {{: | + | {{: |
</ | </ | ||
- | This tab controls the visual appearance of the toolkit (Gtk+) controls, such as buttons and menus. You can switch between themes by selecting them in the list. | + | This tab controls the visual appearance of the toolkit (Gtk+) controls, such as buttons and menus. You can switch between themes by selecting them in the list. The colored rectangles to the left of the style names give a preview of the color combinations found in each style for things like window backgrounds, |
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+ | To install new themes, download a package from your distribution or from theme sites like [[http:// | ||
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+ | [[|Back To Top]] | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
- | To install new themes, download a package from your distribution or from theme sites like [[http:// | ||
===== Icons ===== | ===== Icons ===== | ||
<figure "Icon Theme"> | <figure "Icon Theme"> | ||
- | {{: | + | {{: |
- | </ | + | |
- | This tab controls the visual appearance of icons that visible | + | This tab controls the visual appearance of icons which are shown in e.g. the panel, on the desktop, in the file manager and menus. |
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+ | As with Styles, you can install new icon themes simply by dropping an icon tarball onto the list. You can also install new themes using your distribution' | ||
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+ | ==== Icon Cache ==== | ||
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+ | GTK+ has a utility to pack all the icon theme icons into a single cache file. This single file can be memory-mapped so as to avoid a lot of disk seek overhead when loading icons. The file is shared between multiple applications, | ||
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+ | For this to work, each icon theme directory containing an '' | ||
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+ | To generate a cache file for an icon-theme, run the following command in a terminal emulator: | ||
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+ | gtk-update-icon-cache / | ||
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+ | More information can be found in the [[https:// | ||
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+ | [[|Back To Top]] | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
- | Also here you can install new icon themes by dropping an icon tarball in the list or install a new theme using the distributions' | ||
===== Fonts ===== | ===== Fonts ===== | ||
<figure "Font Settings"> | <figure "Font Settings"> | ||
- | {{: | + | {{: |
- | </ | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
==== Default Font ==== | ==== Default Font ==== | ||
- | The font selector | + | The font selector shows the name of the current default |
+ | To change the font, click the font selector button. The font picker dialog opens. Select the font **Family**, **Style**, and **Size** from the lists. The preview area shows your current choice. Click **OK** to accept | ||
- | To change the font, click the font selector button. The font picker dialog opens. Select the font family, style, and point size from the lists. The preview area shows your current choice. Click OK to accept the change and update the desktop. | + | ---- |
==== Rendering ==== | ==== Rendering ==== | ||
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! Select this option to anti-alias fonts, so that characters have smooth edges. | ! Select this option to anti-alias fonts, so that characters have smooth edges. | ||
? Hinting | ? Hinting | ||
- | ! Hinting is a font-rendering technique | + | ! Hinting is a font rendering technique |
? Sub-pixel order | ? Sub-pixel order | ||
- | ! Select one of the options to specify the subpixel | + | ! Select one of the options to specify the sub-pixel |
- | ? LCD Hinting | + | ? LCD Hinting |
- | ! On some systems LCD hinting | + | ! On some systems, LCD hinting |
! '' | ! '' | ||
- | ! Other possible values are '' | + | ! Other possible values are '' |
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+ | ---- | ||
==== DPI ==== | ==== DPI ==== | ||
- | In case you want to override the DPI (dots per inch) value calculated by the X-server, you can select the checkbox and use the spin box to specify the resolution to use when your screen renders fonts. | + | In case you want to override the DPI (dots per inch) value calculated by the X-server, you can select the checkbox and use the spin box to specify the resolution to use when your screen renders fonts. |
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+ | [[|Back To Top]] | ||
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===== Settings ===== | ===== Settings ===== | ||
<figure "Other Theme Settings"> | <figure "Other Theme Settings"> | ||
- | {{: | + | {{: |
- | </ | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
==== Toolbar Style ==== | ==== Toolbar Style ==== | ||
- | Choose one of the following | + | Choose one of the four options to specify what to display on the toolbars in your GTK-compliant applications. The example below shows {gui> |
- | ? Icons | + | {{: |
- | ! Select this option to display toolbars with an icon only on each button. | + | |
- | ? Text | + | |
- | ! Select this option to display toolbars with text only on each button. | + | |
- | ? Both | + | |
- | ! Select this option to display toolbars with text as well as an icon on each button. | + | |
- | ? Both Horizontal | + | |
- | ! Select this option to display toolbars with an icon only on each button, and with text on the most important buttons. | + | |
- | ==== Menu and Buttons ==== | + | |
+ | \\ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ==== Menus and Buttons ==== | ||
? Show images on buttons | ? Show images on buttons | ||
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! Select this option to display an icon beside items in application menus and the panel menu. Not all menu items have an icon. | ! Select this option to display an icon beside items in application menus and the panel menu. Not all menu items have an icon. | ||
? Enable editable accelerators | ? Enable editable accelerators | ||
- | ! Selecting this option allows you to define new keyboard shortcuts for menu items. | + | ! Selecting this option allows you to define new keyboard shortcuts for menu items in GTK applications. |
- | ! To change an application shortcut key, open the menu, and with the mouse pointer on the menu item you wish to change, press the new combination of keys. To remove a shortcut key, press {key> | + | ! To change an application shortcut key, open the menu, and with the mouse pointer on the menu item you wish to change, press the new combination of keys. The new shortcut will appear next to the menu item text. To remove a shortcut key, press {key> |
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+ | <note important> | ||
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+ | There is no way to globally restore the default keyboard shortcuts for an application if you have accidentally reassigned them. However, if you discover your mistake and know where the shortcut originally belonged, you can just reassign using this same procedure to the default location.</ | ||
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+ | ==== Event Sounds ==== | ||
+ | ? Enable event sounds | ||
+ | ! Event sounds include things like logging in/out, plugging/ | ||
+ | ? Enable input feedback sounds | ||
+ | ! Enables playback of event sounds for things like button presses, window resizing, moving slider controls, etc. | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
- | <note important> | + | ==== Window Scaling ==== |
+ | ! You can switch between factor 1x (normal default) and 2x for HiDPI displays. It is advised to restart your session after altering | ||
- | There is no way to restore the original, default keyboard shortcut for a command. | + | [[|Back To Top]] |
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+ | [[: | ||
- | This feature does not maintain shortcuts that are normally common | + | [[ : |