Description: This is a QtCurve theme that I made to go with a couple of other themes based around an aurora borealis wallpaper. Basically the idea was to have something dark with gradients, transparency, blur, and skeuomorphic icons. I think the theme is completely color agnostic, though, so it should work with whatever color scheme and other stuff you want to use it with. It does have gradients, though. No giant flat UI elements here. Wouldn't mind collaborating if anyone wants to improve it, though Last changelog:
New version that works more nicely with colorbits aurorae theme
To install, you first need to make sure that you have QtCurve installed for Qt5 (If using Plasma5) (In openSUSE repos it's called qtcurve-qt5), then go into Plasma System Settings > Application Style.
Next, mouse-over the QtCurve theme and click on the edit button (in my icon theme it looks like a piece of paper with a pencil across it). From there, click on the "import" button and select the file.
If you don't have plasma installed, but you do have qt5ct, you can still get it to work, I think. I'm pretty sure you move the .qtcurve file to the folder ~/.config/qtcurve/ and then rename it to stylerc. There is also a file in my ~/.config/qtcurve/ directory called gtk-icons. I'm not really sure what that is and if it's necessary.
The above should also work to install the theme for gtk2 provided that you have qtcurve-gtk2 installed (or whatever that is called in your repos), and you select it with whatever utility you normally use to set gtk2 themes (I normally use Plasma5 system settings).
There is no way to use QtCurve themes with GTK3.
In any case, you will want to select a color scheme as well, using either Plasma5 system settings or qt5ct. The theme doesn't use any custom colors, though, so it should work with whatever color scheme you throw at it. The one in the screenshots is this one: https://www.pling.com/p/1277651/
Feel free to ask any questions if I didn't explain something well.
I should say, there's no way to use QtCurve themes with GTK3, but the GTK3 Breeze theme matches your Qt color scheme, so you can make it not stand out like a sore thumb at least.
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Awesome I like it nice work. How do I install it?
To install, you first need to make sure that you have QtCurve installed for Qt5 (If using Plasma5) (In openSUSE repos it's called qtcurve-qt5), then go into Plasma System Settings > Application Style. Next, mouse-over the QtCurve theme and click on the edit button (in my icon theme it looks like a piece of paper with a pencil across it). From there, click on the "import" button and select the file. If you don't have plasma installed, but you do have qt5ct, you can still get it to work, I think. I'm pretty sure you move the .qtcurve file to the folder ~/.config/qtcurve/ and then rename it to stylerc. There is also a file in my ~/.config/qtcurve/ directory called gtk-icons. I'm not really sure what that is and if it's necessary. The above should also work to install the theme for gtk2 provided that you have qtcurve-gtk2 installed (or whatever that is called in your repos), and you select it with whatever utility you normally use to set gtk2 themes (I normally use Plasma5 system settings). There is no way to use QtCurve themes with GTK3. In any case, you will want to select a color scheme as well, using either Plasma5 system settings or qt5ct. The theme doesn't use any custom colors, though, so it should work with whatever color scheme you throw at it. The one in the screenshots is this one: https://www.pling.com/p/1277651/ Feel free to ask any questions if I didn't explain something well.
I should say, there's no way to use QtCurve themes with GTK3, but the GTK3 Breeze theme matches your Qt color scheme, so you can make it not stand out like a sore thumb at least.
9 +Cool, it reminds me of Windows 7
Yeah, it is very much influenced by that era of desktop aesthetics.