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Expand Theme Switcher for JWM

#1 Post by steve_s »

Ok, all you script writers and remaster-ers 8) this one's for you. Or just if you have an idea of how to fix this...

Running 4.0, JWM desktop.

The problem is that I have a lot of themes. When I click on the theme_switcher gui it shows all my themes but it runs out of the screen. I can't resize the window to include them, either.

How can I fix this? I am thinking add a scroll bar on the right hand side, or set it to have columns 1 and two, or something. I like the theme_switcher overall, 'cause it shows little pictures for each one and it fits well into the overall JWM Puppy presentation, but I am open to suggestions. I tried modifying the script a little but I have VERY limited skills writing script, so I am looking for help.

Another option is to do like some and have a themes menu in the right click menu. I may go that route if I can't figure this out, but I don't think that fits the overall feel of 4.0 as well.

Any advice would be appreciated...
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If you hold down the ALT key, you can drag the window up or down with the mouse.
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#3 Post by disciple »

You can also right click and drag windows in the desktop switcher (the little rectangles next to the taskbar menu button) to move them.
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Excellent! This is why I asked.

..thanks to Master Barry and Disciple... 8)
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#5 Post by magerlab »

that's a very good feature of linux gui on small screens of new netbooks such as EEE pc701
impossible in windoze as far as i know
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magerlab wrote:that's a very good feature of linux gui on small screens of new netbooks such as EEE pc701
impossible in windoze as far as i know
...not the only thing impossible in windoze. :wink:
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#7 Post by disciple »

We should really have scroll bars in our guis so they can fit on small screens though :)
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disciple wrote:We should really have scroll bars in our guis so they can fit on small screens though :)
...if it's an easy add to the script, I would love to put that on my version; I think it would make it simple for those that don't know about alt.

But, I gotta say, once you know the "alt" trick, it makes life easier.
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#9 Post by Subito Piano »

OK - now JWM is looking really cool and i think to myself "why do i need IceWM when JWM is just as classy?" Problem is, adding IceWM themes was so easy and it was easy to find them. Where can i find a mess of JWM themes and do i just copy them into my ~/JWM/themes folder??
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#10 Post by disciple »

There was a thread for JWM themes running in parallel with one of the threads for icewm themes.
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#11 Post by Subito Piano »

mea culpa :oops: yeah it's there (several threads)...i musta hit a lazy spell.
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:oops: With Linux I learn something every day

Great question. Great answers. So useful.
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Re: Expand Theme Switcher for JWM

#13 Post by ttuuxxx »

steve_s wrote:Ok, all you script writers and remaster-ers 8) this one's for you. Or just if you have an idea of how to fix this...

Running 4.0, JWM desktop.

The problem is that I have a lot of themes. When I click on the theme_switcher gui it shows all my themes but it runs out of the screen. I can't resize the window to include them, either.

How can I fix this? I am thinking add a scroll bar on the right hand side, or set it to have columns 1 and two, or something. I like the theme_switcher overall, 'cause it shows little pictures for each one and it fits well into the overall JWM Puppy presentation, but I am open to suggestions. I tried modifying the script a little but I have VERY limited skills writing script, so I am looking for help.

Another option is to do like some and have a themes menu in the right click menu. I may go that route if I can't figure this out, but I don't think that fits the overall feel of 4.0 as well.

Any advice would be appreciated...
maybe try this and see ?
I placed a menu item in menu/Desktop/New GTK2 Theme chooser
ttuuxxx :wink:

ps it has a better preview, more options and previews in a new window.:) plus only 13kb pet
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Re: Expand Theme Switcher for JWM

#14 Post by steve_s »

ttuuxxx wrote: maybe try this and see ?
I placed a menu item in menu/Desktop/New GTK2 Theme chooser
ttuuxxx :wink:

ps it has a better preview, more options and previews in a new window.:) plus only 13kb pet
...thanks, ttuuxxx...as always, you rock.

However, I had been looking for something for the JWM themes. That one is just for Gtk, right? The Gtk viewer isn't the issue (I've got a lot of those Gtk themes too, though! ;-))....oh, I had seen this one on one of your puplets...

Or are you suggesting modifying that script and using it?
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#15 Post by HairyWill »

steve_s wrote:
disciple wrote:We should really have scroll bars in our guis so they can fit on small screens though :)
...if it's an easy add to the script, I would love to put that on my version; I think it would make it simple for those that don't know about alt.
It would be nice if gtkdialog allowed you to just create a scrollpane container and drop everything into it, but it doesn't. Fixing this requires some architectural change to the application's gui design.
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