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stanna

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From: melb.au

Registered: 2017-03-24

Posts: 100

[solved] help installing custom theme in xfce4

hello all,

i have been spending most of the morning searching around trying to find out how i install a custom theme but so far have completly failed! i have a few downloaded from xfce-look.org i would like to try.

eg: https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1016675/
eg: https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1016678/

from what i have read i decompress them and put them into ~/.local/share/themes but nothing shows up in the Appearance app in the settings console. is this the location for "colour themes" only and not the actual window/titlebar decorations or whatever they are called? i am somewhat struggling to find the right terminilogy but i am after the different title bar type themes more so than the colours.

i remember from many years ago in the Appearances applet there was a tab for changing the window style or something similair but that does not seem to be present in my installation of Arch.

any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks

Last edited by stanna (2017-04-28 22:47:09)

stanna

Member

From: melb.au

Registered: 2017-03-24

Posts: 100

Re: [solved] help installing custom theme in xfce4

i managed to solve this myself after my coffee started to kick in and i found what i was looking for

applications > settings > window manager

i hope my ignorance helps others

Annoyingduck

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Registered: 2016-08-02

Posts: 179

Re: [solved] help installing custom theme in xfce4

Yes, the GTK theme and icon theme are done in settings/appearance, while the window theme is in settings/window manager.  You also can easily install new themes (including window manager themes) in XFCE by opening the appearance app, and dragging any theme.gz/zip/tar.gz theme or icon theme right into the appearance tab.  This automatically installs the theme to /.themes or /.icons (user level).  For System level, you still need to do it manually in /usr/share/themes or /usr/share/icons.  I love XFCE!