LM 19.3 xfce, Styling panel- when using Mint-X thm for 'Controls'(edited)
by LenHoff from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5N4MG)
This should be fairly easy question for old Xfce4 users.
1. In the LM Xfce ISOs, are the native 'Mint-X' or all Mint-(X-*, Y-*, etc) included themes ALL written specifically for Xfce?
Meaning, even though most included themes DON'T have 'xfce' in the name (save a few), is the code for Desktop (incl. panel), Controls, Window Borders all written specifically for Xfce DE?
2. I'm having a hard time changing panel open apps' 'windows' BG, SEPARATELY from the panel BG. 'Panel BG color', meaning the panel NOT covered by icons, app windows, notification area icons, etc.
Maybe the theme I'm using is most of the problem on changing the panel?
I can change the color of everything to one color (all or nothing), but not one color/gradient on the panel BG & diff color/gradient. open app windows (or app windows?, using 'grouped windows by application.'
I'm trying to put a different linear-gradient(to bottom) on open app windows (or grouped apps window) & a slightly different gradient on panel BG. This has been simple in other LM versions & DEs. Unless Xfce uses different syntax for any BG linear-gradients (besides the selector), it doesn't respond the way Cinnamon does. I even tested w/ single, solid color to simplify things - no joy.
Several of the panel selectors from https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/theming, Last modified: 2021/02/09 to style "background" didn't work - not in LM 19.3 Xfce-32-bit. Had to remove spaces, add periods, hyphens (play w/ syntax) before panel was affected.
Then I could only change the panel BG and app windows BG to same solid color, except a very short BG area at panel's R or L end, that didn't change.
I put the code for panels in /.config/gtk3/gtk.css (varied selectors). None worked, though I've seen that method fail in several LM versions & DE's.
To apply theme changes, I ran 'xfce4-panel -r' then restarted it. Also selected a diff Desktop theme, then reselect the edited theme. These worked to apply changes, for the code that made entire panel one color. Couple times, I restarted Mint - no difference.
1. In the LM Xfce ISOs, are the native 'Mint-X' or all Mint-(X-*, Y-*, etc) included themes ALL written specifically for Xfce?
Meaning, even though most included themes DON'T have 'xfce' in the name (save a few), is the code for Desktop (incl. panel), Controls, Window Borders all written specifically for Xfce DE?
2. I'm having a hard time changing panel open apps' 'windows' BG, SEPARATELY from the panel BG. 'Panel BG color', meaning the panel NOT covered by icons, app windows, notification area icons, etc.
Maybe the theme I'm using is most of the problem on changing the panel?
I can change the color of everything to one color (all or nothing), but not one color/gradient on the panel BG & diff color/gradient. open app windows (or app windows?, using 'grouped windows by application.'
I'm trying to put a different linear-gradient(to bottom) on open app windows (or grouped apps window) & a slightly different gradient on panel BG. This has been simple in other LM versions & DEs. Unless Xfce uses different syntax for any BG linear-gradients (besides the selector), it doesn't respond the way Cinnamon does. I even tested w/ single, solid color to simplify things - no joy.
Several of the panel selectors from https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/theming, Last modified: 2021/02/09 to style "background" didn't work - not in LM 19.3 Xfce-32-bit. Had to remove spaces, add periods, hyphens (play w/ syntax) before panel was affected.
Then I could only change the panel BG and app windows BG to same solid color, except a very short BG area at panel's R or L end, that didn't change.
I put the code for panels in /.config/gtk3/gtk.css (varied selectors). None worked, though I've seen that method fail in several LM versions & DE's.
To apply theme changes, I ran 'xfce4-panel -r' then restarted it. Also selected a diff Desktop theme, then reselect the edited theme. These worked to apply changes, for the code that made entire panel one color. Couple times, I restarted Mint - no difference.