Description: Gray version of the nice theme "Mint" by lokheed, with a new Metacity theme! Gray-Flat has got different menubar and different metacity (obviusly you can use Gray-Flat with Gray metacity theme!). Stavrosg made a port of the metacity for Xfwm4! Enjoy his work!
I suggest wallpapers by Florian Freundt: http://florian.freundt.org/
Please comment and give me any suggestion!
11th Feb: VIDEO OF GRAY WITH XGL!!! (Thanks to flowolf) http://www.webalice.it/cimi86/files/xgl_gray.aviLast changelog:
[Feb 19th,2006][1.7] Unnoticeable changes in the metacity (polished some pixels).
[Feb 9th,2006][1.6] Small fixes... modified metacity buttons... now minimize, maximize, close symbols (focused and pressed state) are more black. Modified titlebar inactive color (a little brighter to be more homogeneous with all theme)
[Jan 31st,2006][1.5] Great improvement! All pixmaps were converted to Grayscale! This has improved sharpness of widgets and theme performances (it is faster)! (From 370KB to 265KB for the two themes)
[Jan 30th,2006][1.4] Modified Metacity title focused color. Modified some Gtk colors (bg, base and text... thanks to bvc!) to make the theme more usable.
[Jan 29th,2006][1.3.1] Added KDE Color Scheme for all your QT applications under GNOME! (like k3b or skype!) Follow the link!
[Jan 26th,2006][1.3] Fixed metacity-shaded state. Added a new metacity theme for Gray-Flat theme.
[Jan 24th,2006][1.2] Improvements and fixes in metacity (now button borders have same colors of gtk theme buttons). Changed tooltip background color.
[Jan 23rd,2006][1.1] Update the gtk theme to "Mint" 2.0. Then added a Gray-Flat version that ignored the menubar changes with "Mint" 2.0 (I prefer the Flat ones). Fixed the font color in progressbar. Fixed colors of metacity buttons. Fixed alignment of metacity buttons.
Hi,
I love this theme, but I found an ugly foreground color and color text in the menu bar (#DDE4FF). This color is placed when the elements are disabled.
It looks much better with this color:
[code]
--- menubar.rc.orig 2006-01-14 04:00:21.000000000 -0400
+++ menubar.rc 2009-12-28 15:46:00.478434367 -0400
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
text[NORMAL] = "#000000"
fg[PRELIGHT] = "#404040"
fg[ACTIVE] = "#404040"
- fg[INSENSITIVE] = "#DDE4FF"
- text[PRELIGHT] = "#DDE4FF"
+ fg[INSENSITIVE] = "#AAAAAA"
+ text[PRELIGHT] = "#C4C4C4"
xthickness = 1
ythickness = 2
[/code]
Thanks, greetings and hugs!
hi, man, really a good clear and simple theme.. but very very very sexy, too..
I'll give a try, no doubt..
just a curiosity.. is this a candido theme or not?
thank you if you'll find the time to clarify my question..
good work and best wishes..!
it`s my favorite but i upgrade to edgy eft(ubuntu) and now there are black lines everywere (on windows borders, menues and toolbars) can you help? thanks love your stuff
but the icons dont work :(
is it just me? or are others experiencing problems too.
nice job though ;) its my favorite so far(if i could just get the icons working)
Why doesn't your panel background graphic go all the way across? Why doesn't it cover "Applications, Places, System"?
The theme called "Black" does do this and it's supposed to be based off your theme. I think it looks better like this. Any plans for this or could you explain how it could be done? Thanks!
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=35202
it's because black uses for the menubar the same pixmap of the panel. I think that my version is better, but the modification is simple: just overwrite menubar pixmap with the panel pixmap!
I like this theme A LOT however, I do not at all like the dark-colour of the menu on the panel. The menu on the panel should be the same colour as the rest of the panel unless it is clicked.
Yes, this one works.
Looks nice but could get annoying due to the delay for showing objects like submenus and such.
And I guess my hardware won't be enough for XGL (unless my ATI-cards supports the composite-extension).
Your theme looks perfect with SnowIsh (PNG).
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=32599
This is a very good theme! I was just wondering about the X (close Window)-does it look a little "thin" compared to min. and max? Maybe its just my lcd monitor.
Anyway thanks!
swj
This one is definitely in my rotation. I'm using the Gray-Flat with the Clearlooks 2.1 metacity and I've modded the gtkrc bg[SELECTED] = "#50749E". It rawks!
Also, was 1.4 version a slightly different color than just gray? Something looks different. I might go back to 1.4 just to make sure what it was...both look great though!
Nah, 1.5 is great. The only thing I'd change though is the panel. I'd prefer a solid background/color or whatever instead of the dual color you have going. I don't like the way the launcher (main menu) has a solid background and then the panel has the png background with the two colors.
That's just me though...
Make the base and bg, active and selected, diff.
bg[ACTIVE] = "#E0E0E0"
bg[SELECTED] = "#c6c6c6"
base[ACTIVE] = "#E0E0E0"
base[SELECTED] = "#d5d5d5"
text[ACTIVE] = "#505050"
text[SELECTED] = "#353535"
Ratings & Comments
52 Comments
Hi, I love this theme, but I found an ugly foreground color and color text in the menu bar (#DDE4FF). This color is placed when the elements are disabled. It looks much better with this color: [code] --- menubar.rc.orig 2006-01-14 04:00:21.000000000 -0400 +++ menubar.rc 2009-12-28 15:46:00.478434367 -0400 @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ text[NORMAL] = "#000000" fg[PRELIGHT] = "#404040" fg[ACTIVE] = "#404040" - fg[INSENSITIVE] = "#DDE4FF" - text[PRELIGHT] = "#DDE4FF" + fg[INSENSITIVE] = "#AAAAAA" + text[PRELIGHT] = "#C4C4C4" xthickness = 1 ythickness = 2 [/code] Thanks, greetings and hugs!
hi, man, really a good clear and simple theme.. but very very very sexy, too.. I'll give a try, no doubt.. just a curiosity.. is this a candido theme or not? thank you if you'll find the time to clarify my question.. good work and best wishes..!
Sensational theme.
Thanks you Very Much for this theme ;) I used this theme to make my own :)
Please fix link i can't download this one
it`s my favorite but i upgrade to edgy eft(ubuntu) and now there are black lines everywere (on windows borders, menues and toolbars) can you help? thanks love your stuff
but the icons dont work :( is it just me? or are others experiencing problems too. nice job though ;) its my favorite so far(if i could just get the icons working)
This theme is my favourite of all themes. Ever.
Why doesn't your panel background graphic go all the way across? Why doesn't it cover "Applications, Places, System"? The theme called "Black" does do this and it's supposed to be based off your theme. I think it looks better like this. Any plans for this or could you explain how it could be done? Thanks! http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=35202
it's because black uses for the menubar the same pixmap of the panel. I think that my version is better, but the modification is simple: just overwrite menubar pixmap with the panel pixmap!
Nice, slick and clean. The hovereffect for the buttons is decent and I like it. The theme seems to go pretty well with tango, nice work.
I like this theme A LOT however, I do not at all like the dark-colour of the menu on the panel. The menu on the panel should be the same colour as the rest of the panel unless it is clicked.
Have you tried to use gray-flat?
See XGL + Gray in action!
I would if I could: „Page not found“
http://www.webalice.it/cimi86/gnome/xgl_gray.avi
Yes, this one works. Looks nice but could get annoying due to the delay for showing objects like submenus and such. And I guess my hardware won't be enough for XGL (unless my ATI-cards supports the composite-extension).
Your theme looks perfect with SnowIsh (PNG). http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=32599 This is a very good theme! I was just wondering about the X (close Window)-does it look a little "thin" compared to min. and max? Maybe its just my lcd monitor. Anyway thanks! swj
Yes is it... I think it's better than a 2px line...
I made a rough port of the metacity theme to xfwm4, which can be found here: http://stavrosg.serverhive.com/files/Gray-xfwm4.tar.gz This theme rocks! :-)
I've added you theme!!! Thanks!
This one is definitely in my rotation. I'm using the Gray-Flat with the Clearlooks 2.1 metacity and I've modded the gtkrc bg[SELECTED] = "#50749E". It rawks! Also, was 1.4 version a slightly different color than just gray? Something looks different. I might go back to 1.4 just to make sure what it was...both look great though!
yes they are much different each other... i've totally rebuild all pixmaps. DO you prefer the old ones?
Nah, 1.5 is great. The only thing I'd change though is the panel. I'd prefer a solid background/color or whatever instead of the dual color you have going. I don't like the way the launcher (main menu) has a solid background and then the panel has the png background with the two colors. That's just me though...
Make the base and bg, active and selected, diff. bg[ACTIVE] = "#E0E0E0" bg[SELECTED] = "#c6c6c6" base[ACTIVE] = "#E0E0E0" base[SELECTED] = "#d5d5d5" text[ACTIVE] = "#505050" text[SELECTED] = "#353535"