


XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
Message dialog titlebar - Fix, Shotwell Photo - top/bottom bar Adjustments/fixes, Mousepad searchbar - Adjustments, GTK Switch blended into header/titlebar, Gnome & MATE control center - Fixes, plus one or two other bits (small colour adjustments etc). - Feb 21 2021

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
margin-right: -2px;' Needs to be -1px. - Jan 18 2021

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
1) Reduced relative 'border madness' in Eye of Gnome properties side bar.
2) Work around for status bar top border colour anomaly in backdrop state.
3) A couple or so Xfce4 application tweaks/adjustments if I can work out how to..
4) Anything else before I lose interest and release again. ;) - Dec 17 2020

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
Further development is (lazily) ongoing. ;) - Oct 28 2020

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
+Borders and UI surfaces (incl. child instances) will soon be utilizing
independent focused and backdrop colour states. Occasional apps won't
necessarily support this (or have bugs) even in GTK3.
GTK2 will be modified as best as possible to blend in.
+New funky companion theme variations will be included on next upload.
These will have colour accented borders for the focused state giving a 'Tron'
like appearance. Also, the theme background colour (not backdrop) will have a low level colour infusion to the normally black background surfaces on the focused window only (except for the Xfce desktop panels etc). Quite striking, not necessarily to all tastes. ;)
Summary:- Enhanced focus windows for existing theme. Additional themes twist added for fun. Also any little fixes/adjustments along the way.
ETA: As and when ever. :> - Oct 05 2020

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
LibreOffice 7 threw a spanner in the works (intolerant to scrolled window margin changes). Progressing steadily... - Sep 24 2020

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
I do wonder if it is possible for authors to notify previous downloaders of updates without spamming the public comments box. Just a thought...
Anyway, enjoy 'til next time (GTK4?) ! - May 12 2020

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
Other improvements also apply. Really hoping this is it until GTK4. - May 11 2020

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
Never really considered purple before now. As an aside (for anyone else curious),
I attempted a red version of the theme but found it impossible to maintain the
characteristic look of the hover/prelight pix images. So no further plans for that now. - May 10 2020

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
I have begun experimenting with the widget hue to see what works.
A quite deep (cardinal) purple nudging more towards Violet seems quite nice, but setting the brightness to get the best balance between effect and backlit readability of app buttons using black icon colouring is a consideration. I might tinker with a red option too..
In any case hue changes aren't always straightforward as weird artefacts can show. Stay tuned as they say. ;)
- May 07 2020

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
You are correct I can confirm this. I also tried a number of other dark themes and the result is the same. The black text colour remains throughout any theme change selection. Themes tried were: Numix-BLACK-xxx, Marwaita Manjaro Dar, Arc-BLACK, black-MATE, Greybird Dark.
Additionally some the other parts of PoL look pretty awful to be honest.
If you can find a theme that changes that text colour let me know and I'll take a further look. PoL should make a more compliant GTK version I think. - Apr 17 2020

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
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XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
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XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
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XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
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XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
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XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
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XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
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XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
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XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
Unfortunately because I use the Thunar location bar in toolbar (not path bar) mode,
I didn't notice that the toggle feature at the end of the path bar mode is a horridly long
button that looks a bit silly when hovered over. Will upload again when this is resolved one way or another. ;) - Apr 07 2020

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
scrollbar.vertical slider { min-height: 100px;}
I reproduced this in another theme (Equinox) as well. This doesn't make any sense to happen like this, so I consider this a Gajim bug of some sort. Reducing the 100px to 10px solves the issue but results in tiny scrollbar sliders for everything else, so no fix will be applied.
Thanks for reporting though. :) Strange one indeed. - Jan 09 2018

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
Stay tuned. - Jan 03 2018

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
Check and Radio items have been image adjusted for better consistency across all states. Also now work correctly when window is backdropped on desktop.
Notebook tabs have been implemented more correctly for borders and now have a backdrop desaturated active tab indication.
I have increased the backdrop text brightness slightly (as planned above).
Changes are subtle, but were invoked due to strange scrolling issue in Exaile music player (new beta GTK3). Hope to upload soon(ish), dependent on my observations. :) - Dec 07 2017

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
GTK 3.2+ is supported from Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty) onwards, so unless you have good reason not to, consider upgrading. :) - Dec 07 2017

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
System-load-monitor, Free-Space-Checker, Network-Monitor, Disk-Performance-Monitor have better border outline if tip above is used. - Nov 29 2017

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
Small tip. If you want better panel applet integration with the panel background, open panel preferences --> apperance --> background and select usr-> share-> themes-> Plasma Fire_> gtk-2.0-> Panel-> dark-bottom.png
HEADS-UP: I am starting to consider raising the text brightness a bit higher for backdrop windows so they can be read side by side with a focused window better but still discernible by state. Disabled text will remain as is.
Also, I'm considering having a gentle coloured all edges border around input text entry boxes to stand out better against button widgets. - Nov 29 2017

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
As an aside, your example photo (and URL) will show white text against that black background in those boxes. Just what I'd expect. For more options have a look here:- https://userstyles.org/
Dissect and modify. :)
- Oct 09 2017

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/text-contrast-for-dark-themes/?src=api
The sidebar works how I would expect it to. Black theme -> black sidebar.
Most of the time I am using css dark override via Stylish plugin anyway so..
Anyway, hope this helps. cheers. - Oct 09 2017

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments

XFCE/XFWM4 Themes by firebrand 72 comments
While I'm here, there is a small bug with the 'Fire' variant (I'll fix when additional changes are needed). When a window with a horizontal progress bar is backdropped (unfocused) it doesn't go from orange to monochrome as intended. Simply copy image file 'progressbar-backdrop-horiz.png' from either the blue or green variants into the 'Plasma Fire/gtk-3.0/darkelkements/' folder, over writing the existing one.
Enjoy. - Apr 05 2017

Cursors by firebrand 18 comments
I personally like the blinking. It is a key characteristic of the theme in my opinion. - Jan 07 2017

Cursors by firebrand 18 comments

Cursors by firebrand 18 comments

Cursors by firebrand 18 comments

Cursors by firebrand 18 comments

GTK3/4 Themes by vauss 19 comments
That said, alternative titles might be:
Clearlooks Quartz, Clearlooks Storm, etc.
Try web search for descriptions, colors etc and look at images for further ideas.
Good luck. - Dec 17 2014

GTK3/4 Themes by vauss 19 comments