Changing Openbox themes

rcapps · 2011-04-28 04:20:46

I just installed Arch/Openbox and have downloaded several themes. When I change to the different themes it will alter the border colors and right-click menu but never changes the face of the window. The window face for example always remains a dark grey. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Rupp · 2011-04-28 04:36:20

Are you really talking about wanting to change the gtk theme?

If you are here is a great site for themes:
http://gnome-look.org/index.php?xconten … 9c14dce568

I use lxappearance to change all my icons, cursors, and gtk themes.

pacman -S lxappearance

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tomk · 2011-04-28 07:09:04

openbox manages the windows, not the content of the windows.

Hyugga · 2011-04-28 11:57:32

You could try installing obconf from extra:

pacman -S obconf

You can change pretty much everything from there. There is some other configuration tools if like to try them.
Good luck

rcapps · 2011-04-28 13:23:46

lxappearance did the trick. Thanks for the help.

sportscliche · 2011-04-28 18:37:07

I am also a fairly new Arch user and have spent some time trying to understand the difference between running LXDE and Openbox. I understand how modular both are and that LXDE uses Openbox as its WM. Is Openbox essentially the foundation of LXDE, ie. could I run an Openbox session, customize it by adding the various LXDE modules, and wind up with LXDE?

ANOKNUSA · 2011-04-28 22:23:59

sportscliche wrote:

I am also a fairly new Arch user and have spent some time trying to understand the difference between running LXDE and Openbox. I understand how modular both are and that LXDE uses Openbox as its WM. Is Openbox essentially the foundation of LXDE, ie. could I run an Openbox session, customize it by adding the various LXDE modules, and wind up with LXDE?

LXDE is not a DE in the same sense as the other major three. While XFCE, GNOME and KDE are wholly-integrated projects, LXDE is a collection of small libraries maintained with a couple LXDE-specific tools (such as lxappearance), using OpenBox as a window manager. Almost everything you find in LXDE is essentially a way of integrating third-party projects, and the package for any one component can be installed without any other LXDE components or a ton of pointless libraries (this sets say, lxpannel apart from gnome-panel). That includes the configuration tools and program launcher. LXDE basically serves as a quick-install solution for those used to having a slew of tools available immediately, and who don't want to do too much custom configuration. In short: Yes, you're correct.

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sportscliche · 2011-04-29 09:34:20

Thanks very much for the info! I've been googling this subject for a couple of weeks now without much success. I was planning to setup Slim to give me the option of booting into Openbox or LXDE to investigate it directly, but you answered my question and saved me lots of time and perhaps frustration. I may still try this at some point in the future, but I'll have to get a better understanding of whether I'd even want the extra customization the Openbox environment provides.

ANOKNUSA · 2011-05-04 15:41:12

It's important to note that while LXDE uses OpenBox, its configuration files are separate from those used for just a vanilla OpenBox installation (eg, menu.xml for LXDE is stored in a location other than ~/.config/openbox). I just installed LXDE a while ago, and I'm still getting the hang of it. Also, much like GNOME2, LXDE uses its file manager (pcmanfm) to render desktop wallpapers and icons. A little annoying since I don't use pcmanfm, but tolerable. So far, it runs light as a feather, with a very low ram footprint and cpu readouts below 50% most of the time.

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Rupp · 2011-05-04 17:00:33

ANOKNUSA wrote:

LXDE uses its file manager (pcmanfm) to render desktop wallpapers and icons. A little annoying since I don't use pcmanfm, but tolerable.

You can disable it in pcmanfm's preferences.

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