Arch with Xfce4, how do i change panel color?

MethoDiKaL · 2010-02-08 23:31:04

im happy with the minimal default themes it came with and i changed the start up icon on the panel. the only thing thats ruining the flow of it is the panel color.

may someone please give me a DETAILED short tutorial on how to change the panel color in xfce? i researched on google for about 30 mins and it asked for me to create some file and place it directly in my home/methodikal folder. i tried and its a no go. tried the panel manager, only allows u to customize the panels spot on screen as well as size of panel. but nothing with opacity or color.

i just want to turn the panel all black, so it flows with rest of the setup and ill be one happy camper.

sorry, im just starting out on Arch, migrating from ubuntu. (didnt like ubuntu, but love arch).

any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

kyouens · 2010-02-09 04:43:43

I don't know of a way to change only the panel color without editing an Xfce style. However, you might try switching your XFCE style (under Settings -> Appearance -> Style) to Xfce-dusk. It's dark grey, at least.

The other thing you can do is decrease the opacity of the panel (Settings -> Panel -> Transparency). Change transparency to something like 25%.

Last edited by kyouens (2010-02-09 04:44:05)

jarryson · 2010-02-09 06:27:19

style "theme-panel"
{
    # The following two lines add gradient panel backgrounds. You may choose only one! Delete or comment out both to have regular flat gnome-panels, or when using any panel size larger than 24px.
    bg_pixmap[NORMAL]    = "panel-bg.png"

    # Uncomment the following lines when using dark panels! Note: Menus will remain the same.
#    bg[SELECTED]    = "#4C4C4C"
#    bg[NORMAL]    = "#3c3c3c"
    bg[PRELIGHT]    = "#2344D6" #@selected_bg_color
#    bg[ACTIVE]    = "#333333"
#    fg[NORMAL]    = @base_color
#    fg[PRELIGHT]    = lighter (@selected_bg_color)  # Makes prelighted text colored.
#    fg[SELECTED]    = lighter (@selected_bg_color)  # Makes prelighted text colored.
    fg[ACTIVE]    = @base_color  # Makes prelighted text colored.
}

widget        "*PanelWidget*"     style "theme-panel"
widget        "*PanelApplet*"     style "theme-panel"
widget        "*fast-user-switch*"    style "theme-panel"
class        "PanelApp*"         style "theme-panel"
class        "PanelToplevel*"     style "theme-panel"
widget_class    "*Mail*"         style "theme-panel"
widget_class    "*notif*"         style "theme-panel"
widget_class    "*Notif*"         style "theme-panel"

# XFCE panel theming (disabled by default, due to xfce not having consistent panel sizes)
widget        "*Xfce*Panel*"         style "theme-panel"
class        "*Xfce*Panel*"         style "theme-panel"

Barghest · 2010-02-09 07:45:39

For what I know the code jarryson posted has to be placed in ~/.gtkrc-2.0

MethoDiKaL · 2010-02-10 04:03:21

thanks a lot. ill test it out tomorrow.

MethoDiKaL · 2010-02-10 22:59:48

i tested out the coding . still didnt change it to black. its cool though. the dusk theme isnt half bad. *shrugs. ima newb to this haha.

i put in the command terminal

nano ~/.gtkrc-2.0

and edited with the provided script...

rebooted and still same panel *shrugs lol

any other ideas?

MethoDiKaL · 2010-02-13 18:52:27

upping this.. keep in mind i am a complete noob to archLinux and linux as a whole. if not its ok i can live with the panel color.

thanks for all advice and help

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#1 2010-02-08 23:31:04

Arch with Xfce4, how do i change panel color?

#2 2010-02-09 04:43:43

Re: Arch with Xfce4, how do i change panel color?

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