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Expand Theme Switcher for JWM
Posted: Mon 15 Sep 2008, 14:21
by steve_s
Ok, all you script writers and remaster-ers
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...
Posted: Mon 15 Sep 2008, 21:57
by BarryK
If you hold down the ALT key, you can drag the window up or down with the mouse.
Posted: Mon 15 Sep 2008, 23:01
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.
Posted: Tue 16 Sep 2008, 14:11
by steve_s
Excellent! This is why I asked.
..thanks to Master Barry and Disciple...
Posted: Tue 16 Sep 2008, 15:15
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
Posted: Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:26
by steve_s
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.
Posted: Tue 16 Sep 2008, 22:02
by disciple
We should really have scroll bars in our guis so they can fit on small screens though
Posted: Wed 17 Sep 2008, 13:55
by steve_s
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.
Posted: Tue 23 Sep 2008, 01:52
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??
Posted: Tue 23 Sep 2008, 04:12
by disciple
There was a thread for JWM themes running in parallel with one of the threads for icewm themes.
Posted: Tue 23 Sep 2008, 05:00
by Subito Piano
mea culpa
yeah it's there (several threads)...i musta hit a lazy spell.
Posted: Tue 23 Sep 2008, 06:47
by Lobster
With Linux I learn something every day
Great question. Great answers. So useful.
Thanks guys . . .
Re: Expand Theme Switcher for JWM
Posted: Tue 23 Sep 2008, 08:59
by ttuuxxx
steve_s wrote:Ok, all you script writers and remaster-ers
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
ps it has a better preview, more options and previews in a new window.
plus only 13kb pet
Re: Expand Theme Switcher for JWM
Posted: Wed 24 Sep 2008, 14:22
by steve_s
ttuuxxx wrote:
maybe try this and see ?
I placed a menu item in menu/Desktop/New GTK2 Theme chooser
ttuuxxx
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?
Posted: Wed 24 Sep 2008, 15:35
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.