Dark Themes

ylluminate · 2016-03-31 16:05

I quite like the default dark themes included with LXLE, such as this:

Obviously this is missing a nice dark titlebar at the moment, but are there dark theming options presently available for Q4OS that I'm overlooking? Would very much like a nice cohesive dark interface.

q4osteam · 2016-03-31 17:50

There are several color themes in TDE predefined, you can easily customize and save them, or create own, if needed.

Control Panel -> Appearance -> Colors

bin · 2016-03-31 17:55

If you fancy a bit of fun take a look at www.kde-look.org

Do a search for KDE 3.5 and you should get a good handful of themes.

Many will have broken download links, but some may still be there. Some may work, some may just break - have a play.

Personally the first thing I do with LXLE is install clearlooks-phenix - I hate dark themes, but choice is what Linux is all about.

ylluminate · 2016-04-01 00:26

Would this be the right approach for finding TDE themes via KDE-Look.org?

Go to http://kde-look.org/content/search.php and ->

ylluminate · 2016-04-01 01:30

So I wanted to link to some potentially nice looking dark themes. I'm going to ask for a little help as I've not worked with KDE theming since ~2000. KDE 3.5 theming on some of these seems to be a lost art nowadays... What's the appropriate way to install these themes on TDE?

• Dustomino - Looks particularly nice. Appears that we will need to do a little digging on this one though. I believe that it is a matter of getting the kwin and emerald themes going from here (Dust 1.0). Seems that we have to do something with deKorator (KDE 3.x 0.3 source tarball) as well?

• Domino-Smooth - a Mac OS X-like theme. Seems promising.

• Black Loadus - sleek dark theme.

• Azenis - an interesting looking dark theme.

• NanoTeK.v3 Suit - shiny / glassy techy theme.

• Domino - solid matte / plastic theme with various shades.

• Deesktop - Keramik style; nostalgic theme that reminded me of what I used to use circa 2000, but relatively nice looking.

• Sweet Darkness - solid dark theme.

Last edited by ylluminate (2016-04-01 05:10)

ylluminate · 2016-04-01 05:39

So I'm starting my quest here to get Dustomino & Dust working. After hunting down the deKorator 0.3 src, I found that I'm missing `kde-config`:
configure: error: The important program kde-config was not found!
Please check whether you installed KDE correctly.

After trying to hunt this down via `apt-file find kde-config`, I'm not seeing the results in any of the repos for Q4OS... Output:

kde-config-baloo-advanced: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-baloo-advanced/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-baloo-advanced: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-baloo-advanced/copyright
kde-config-cddb: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-cddb/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-cddb: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-cddb/changelog.Debian.i386.gz
kde-config-cddb: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-cddb/copyright
kde-config-cron: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-cron/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-cron: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-cron/changelog.gz
kde-config-cron: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-cron/copyright
kde-config-fcitx: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-fcitx/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-fcitx: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-fcitx/copyright
kde-config-flash-player: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-flash-player/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-flash-player: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-flash-player/copyright
kde-config-gtk-style: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-gtk-style/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-gtk-style: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-gtk-style/changelog.gz
kde-config-gtk-style: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-gtk-style/copyright
kde-config-gtk-style-preview: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-gtk-style-preview/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-gtk-style-preview: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-gtk-style-preview/changelog.gz
kde-config-gtk-style-preview: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-gtk-style-preview/copyright
kde-config-tablet: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-tablet/README.gz
kde-config-tablet: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-tablet/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-tablet: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-tablet/copyright
kde-config-tablet: /usr/share/man/man5/kde-config-tablet.5.gz
kde-config-telepathy-accounts: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-telepathy-accounts/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-telepathy-accounts: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-telepathy-accounts/copyright
kde-config-telepathy-accounts: /usr/share/lintian/overrides/kde-config-telepathy-accounts
kde-config-telepathy-accounts-dbg: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-telepathy-accounts-dbg/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-telepathy-accounts-dbg: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-telepathy-accounts-dbg/copyright
kde-config-touchpad: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-touchpad/changelog.Debian.gz
kde-config-touchpad: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-touchpad/changelog.gz
kde-config-touchpad: /usr/share/doc/kde-config-touchpad/copyright
libsmokekde-dev: /usr/share/smokegen/kde-config.xml

How do I get appropriate dev tools in place for Q4OS and KDE / QT dev?

ylluminate · 2016-04-01 05:57

Additionally, where do rc config files go for themes such as Domino Smooth that provide a file such as this:

domino_smooth-0.0.1rc contents:

[Settings]
activeTabBottomSurface_background=#efefef
activeTabBottomSurface_g1Bottom=50
activeTabBottomSurface_g1Color1=#e8e8e8
activeTabBottomSurface_g1Color2=#d8d7d9
activeTabBottomSurface_g1Top=0
activeTabBottomSurface_g2Bottom=100
activeTabBottomSurface_g2Color1=#d8d7d9
activeTabBottomSurface_g2Color2=#cecdcf
activeTabBottomSurface_g2Top=50
activeTabBottomSurface_numGradients=2
activeTabTopSurface_background=#efefef
activeTabTopSurface_g1Bottom=50
activeTabTopSurface_g1Color1=#cecdcf
activeTabTopSurface_g1Color2=#d8d7d9
activeTabTopSurface_g1Top=0
activeTabTopSurface_g2Bottom=100
activeTabTopSurface_g2Color1=#d8d7d9
activeTabTopSurface_g2Color2=#e8e8e8
activeTabTopSurface_g2Top=50
activeTabTopSurface_numGradients=2
animateProgressBar=true
btnSurface_background=#efefef
btnSurface_g1Bottom=50
btnSurface_g1Color1=#f2f2f2
btnSurface_g1Color2=#dddddd
btnSurface_g1Top=0
btnSurface_g2Bottom=100
btnSurface_g2Color1=#d4d4d4
btnSurface_g2Color2=#e8e8e8
btnSurface_g2Top=50
btnSurface_numGradients=2
buttonContourColor=#818181
buttonContourType=1
buttonDefaultContourColor=#000000
buttonHeightAdjustment=-2
buttonMouseOverContourColor=#40ff80
buttonPressedContourColor=#7d7d7d
centerTabs=true
checkItemSurface_background=#efefef
checkItemSurface_g1Bottom=50
checkItemSurface_g1Color1=#fffeff
checkItemSurface_g1Color2=#dfdfdf
checkItemSurface_g1Top=0
checkItemSurface_g2Bottom=100
checkItemSurface_g2Color1=#d6d6d6
checkItemSurface_g2Color2=#fdfdfd
checkItemSurface_g2Top=50
checkItemSurface_numGradients=2
checkMarkColor=#000000
customCheckMarkColor=false
customGroupBoxBackgroundColor=false
customPopupMenuColor=true
customSelMenuItemColor=true
customToolTipColor=true
drawButtonSunkenShadow=true
drawFocusUnderline=false
drawPopupMenuGradient=false
drawTextEffect=true
drawToolButtonAsButton=true
drawTriangularExpander=true
groupBoxBackgroundColor=#aaaaaa
groupBoxBrightness=10
headerSurface_background=#efefef
headerSurface_g1Bottom=50
headerSurface_g1Color1=#fffeff
headerSurface_g1Color2=#dfdfdf
headerSurface_g1Top=0
headerSurface_g2Bottom=100
headerSurface_g2Color1=#d6d6d6
headerSurface_g2Color2=#fdfdfd
headerSurface_g2Top=50
headerSurface_numGradients=2
highlightToolBtnIcon=true
indentPopupMenuItems=false
indicateFocus=true
indicatorButtonColor=#606060
indicatorButtonColorOpacity=60
indicatorColor=#606060
indicatorColorOpacity=60
konqTabBarContrast=15
name=de-leopard-0.0.3
popupMenuColor=#e8e8e8
rubberBandColor=#4388d8
rubberBandOpacity=30
rubberBandType=1
scrollBarGrooveSurface_background=#f1f1f1
scrollBarGrooveSurface_g1Bottom=40
scrollBarGrooveSurface_g1Color1=#7b7b7b
scrollBarGrooveSurface_g1Color2=#cecece
scrollBarGrooveSurface_g1Top=0
scrollBarGrooveSurface_g2Bottom=100
scrollBarGrooveSurface_g2Color1=#cecece
scrollBarGrooveSurface_g2Color2=#fefdff
scrollBarGrooveSurface_g2Top=40
scrollBarGrooveSurface_numGradients=2
scrollBarSurface_background=#efefef
scrollBarSurface_g1Bottom=50
scrollBarSurface_g1Color1=#fffeff
scrollBarSurface_g1Color2=#dfdfdf
scrollBarSurface_g1Top=0
scrollBarSurface_g2Bottom=100
scrollBarSurface_g2Color1=#c3c3c3
scrollBarSurface_g2Color2=#fdfdfd
scrollBarSurface_g2Top=50
scrollBarSurface_numGradients=2
selMenuItemColor=#678db2
smoothScrolling=true
tabBottomSurface_background=#efefef
tabBottomSurface_g1Bottom=50
tabBottomSurface_g1Color1=#e4e4e4
tabBottomSurface_g1Color2=#c7c7c7
tabBottomSurface_g1Top=0
tabBottomSurface_g2Bottom=100
tabBottomSurface_g2Color1=#c7c7c7
tabBottomSurface_g2Color2=#e4e4e4
tabBottomSurface_g2Top=50
tabBottomSurface_numGradients=2
tabTopSurface_background=#efefef
tabTopSurface_g1Bottom=50
tabTopSurface_g1Color1=#f2f2f2
tabTopSurface_g1Color2=#dddddd
tabTopSurface_g1Top=0
tabTopSurface_g2Bottom=100
tabTopSurface_g2Color1=#d4d4d4
tabTopSurface_g2Color2=#e8e8e8
tabTopSurface_g2Top=50
tabTopSurface_numGradients=2
textEffectButtonColor=#d0d0d0
textEffectButtonOpacity=62
textEffectButtonPos=5
textEffectColor=#d0d0d0
textEffectMode=1
textEffectOpacity=62
textEffectPos=5
tintGroupBoxBackground=true
toolTipColor=#d6dce8

q4osteam · 2016-04-01 09:25

ylluminate wrote:

... I found that I'm missing `kde-config`...

It's replaced with 'tde-config' in TDE.

As written above, you can easily fine tune existing themes in Control Panel -> Appearance -> Colors, simply pick widget types and related colors using the gui tools and save it. You can then select your new theme in the 'Color scheme' picker.

ylluminate · 2016-04-01 19:36

Thanks, so after `find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/kde-config/tde-config/g' {} +`, I'm bumping into X includes being missing. Installed a couple pkgs that I thought might have them, but no joy yet...

So as an update goes, I managed to get past that and a few others so far by installing the following:
`g++ xserver-xorg-dev tde-devel-trinity tdebase-trinity-dev`

Hitting a missing Qt issue here now: `configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.3 and < 4.0) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!`

Last edited by ylluminate (2016-04-01 20:31)

q4osteam · 2016-04-01 23:41

Try to install Q4OS Development pack
http://www.q4os.org/developer.html
http://www.q4os.org/dqa008.html - chapter 2

ylluminate · 2016-04-02 03:03

They do indeed. I've been having great success with users over 60 on dark themes. They seem to be much happier than on traditional white and light interfaces.

ylluminate · 2016-04-06 19:38

So I have taken the plunge and begun playing with Q4OS on an actual device and moving towards darkening up the theme. I have also played with darkening up the color scheme a bit @q4osteam, which does help a bit, but just hasn't completely satisfied me yet. It's at least a temporary fix.

How does one move the window / titlebar management widgets around? For example, if one wants to place the close/minimize/maximize buttons on the left instead of right side of the titlebar, is there a utility that facilitates this presently?

Rademes · 2016-04-06 20:27

ylluminate wrote:

For example, if one wants to place the close/minimize/maximize buttons on the left instead of right side of the titlebar, is there a utility that facilitates this presently?

Yes it is.
First type in terminal sudo kcmodules --unlock
Then go: Control centre --> Appearance --> Window decorations --> Buttons
I my example, I moved close button on the left side of window titlebar.

Screenshot in Russian because English is not my native language.

Last edited by Rademes (2016-04-06 20:34)

ylluminate · 2016-04-06 20:40

That's excellent to know @Rademes. Helps a lot, thanks! Super to have those unlocked. Are there any other hidden options and such like this that make the user experience and customization process more robust? I see quite a few additional options that I was looking for there now.

Rademes · 2016-04-06 20:44

Everything is described in Q4OS Documentation.
http://www.q4os.org/documents.html
The most important is this:
http://www.q4os.org/dqa007.html
And this:
http://www.q4os.org/dqa011.html

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