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mot.def

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[SOLVED] Changing menubar colour in GTK+2 apps

I have been attempting to match the menubar colour in GTK themes to that of my i3 borders, however none of the gtk-color-scheme parameters in gtkrc seem to affect the menubar (see the contrast between the i3 title bar and the Firefox menu above). Is the parameter to change this colour stored elsewhere? I'm not using a desktop environment at the moment but I'm considering trying to get one to run alongside i3 to make theme customisation a little easier...

Last edited by mot.def (2015-05-06 19:37:55)

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] Changing menubar colour in GTK+2 apps

Not sure about firefox, but in palemoon, the tabbar gets it's colour from the following line in my .gtkrc:

bg[NORMAL] = "#FFF3B3"

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bleach

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Re: [SOLVED] Changing menubar colour in GTK+2 apps

have you tried somthing like gcolor2 to match the color(without having to look at it with an editor) with its color choser and then imputing that color into your i3 config if its the title bar.

you could also make it so gtk matched the title if thats the color you want as WorMzy sugests.

Last edited by bleach (2015-05-04 00:22:34)

mot.def

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Re: [SOLVED] Changing menubar colour in GTK+2 apps

bg[normal] seems to affect the colour of the window beneath the menu bar, but not the menu bar itself. I just ran a comparison on the gtkrc files of a theme (Siva Flat) and its variant with a dark menu bar and there were no differences found, which to me indicates that the parameter I'm looking for is stored elsewhere.

mot.def

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Re: [SOLVED] Changing menubar colour in GTK+2 apps

Turns out the menu bar tiles a .png rather than taking a flat hex value, presumably so users can create gradated menus and such.