How do I use GIMP Themes with the new version of 2.8

[MichaelG7355]

Hello,

I have recently updated to Version 2.8 of GIMP - Love it Love it! Have not had any problems, but themes do not seem to work at all.

I have the Version 1 of GIMP Themes installed on the machine but that seems to have stopped working. I've read elsewhere on this forum about themes for the 2.8 version of GIMP and have followed the information, but am still unable to get the themes to work with version 2.8.

I have also seen the message about the missing libatk-1.0-1.dll and uninstalled, and reinstall version 1 to no avail. This problem did not occur when I had version 2.6 of GIMP installed.

Could someone please give me a step by step method of getting themes to work with version 2.8. - Literally - you know step 1 - do this, step 2 - do this...

I know this will help me, but probably help others as well.

Thank you in advance for all assistance provided in resolving this issue.

Michael

[Maffe811]

Uhm... I can give you something i think is pretty general...
Download gimp 2.6, install theme, move patched files into 2.8.
Only thing i can think of.
OR download partha version, with a dark-ish theme.

[Rod]

Or paste this in your .gimp-2.8 gtkrc file (UserFolderDirectory) replacing the other content.
Make backup of the old gtkrc file first please.

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# ===[ buttons ]===
#  the prelight of toggle buttons is darkened slightly
#

# ===[ scroll bars ]===
#  bg[ACTIVE] is trough color
#  bg[NORMAL] & bg[NORMAL] are scrollbar colors

# ===[ check and radio buttons ]===
#  bg[SELECTED] is the selected background colour
#  text[SELECTED] is the selected check/circle color
#  text[INSENSITIVE] is the disabled check/circle colour
#  base[*] is used for all other background states
#  --on prelight the bg is lightened slightly
#  --bg is lightened slightly when check/radio not drawn (for all states)


#default color scheme
gtk_color_scheme = "fg_color:#D4D4D4\nbg_color:#333333\nbase_color:#474747\ntext_color:#D4D4D4\nselected_bg_color:#0081DE\nselected_fg_color:#ffffff"
gtk-menu-popup-delay = 50

style "theme-default"
{

  GtkButton::default_border = { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
  GtkButton::child-displacement-x = 0
  GtkButton::child-displacement-y = 1
  #GtkWidget::focus-padding = 0

  GtkRange::trough-border = 0
  GtkRange::slider-width = 19
  GtkRange::stepper-size = 17

  GtkScrollbar::min_slider_length = 30
  GtkScrollbar::has-secondary-backward-stepper = 1
 
  GtkPaned::handle_size  = 8

  GtkMenuBar::internal-padding  = 0
  GtkTreeView::expander_size     = 13 #15
  GtkExpander::expander_size     = 13 #17
 
  GtkScale::slider-length = 25
  GtkScale::slider-width  = 17
  GtkScale::trough-border = 0

  GtkWidget::link-color = "#0062dc" # blue
  GtkWidget::visited-link-color = "#8c00dc" #purple

  WnckTasklist::fade-overlay-rect = 0
  WnckTasklist::fade-loop-time = 5.0 # 5 seconds
  WnckTasklist::fade-opacity = 0.5 # final opacity

  #makes menu only overlap border
  GtkMenu::horizontal-offset = -1

  #removes extra padding at top and bottom of menus.  Makes menuitem overlap border
  GtkMenu::vertical-padding = 0

  #set to the same as roundness, used for better hotspot selection of tabs
  GtkNotebook::tab-curvature = 3
  GtkNotebook::tab-overlap = 4

  GtkMenuItem::arrow-spacing = 10
  #Spacing between edge with indicator and text
  GtkOptionMenu  ::indicator-size = {11, 5}
  #GtkOptionMenu  ::indicator-spacing = {6, 5, 4, 4}

  GtkCheckButton ::indicator-size = 15
  GtkCheckButton ::indicator-spacing = 1
  GtkRadioButton ::indicator-size = 15

  GtkTreeView::horizontal_separator = 2
  GtkTreeView::odd_row_color = mix(0.98, shade (0.93,@base_color), @selected_bg_color)

  GtkEntry::cursor_color = @text_color
  GtkTextView::cursor_color = @text_color

  GtkScrolledWindow::scrollbar-spacing = 0
  GtkScrolledWindow::scrollbars-within-bevel = 1

  xthickness = 1
  ythickness = 1

  fg[NORMAL]          =  @fg_color
  fg[ACTIVE]          =  @fg_color
  fg[PRELIGHT]        =  @fg_color
  fg[SELECTED]        =  @selected_fg_color
  fg[INSENSITIVE]     =  @selected_fg_color

  bg[NORMAL]          =  @bg_color
  bg[ACTIVE]           =  shade (1.025,@bg_color)
  bg[PRELIGHT]        =  shade (1.10,@bg_color)
  bg[SELECTED]          =  @selected_bg_color
  bg[INSENSITIVE]     =  shade (1.025,@bg_color)

  base[NORMAL]        =  @base_color
  base[ACTIVE]        =  shade (0.65,@base_color)
  base[PRELIGHT]      =  @base_color
  base[SELECTED]   =  @selected_bg_color
  base[INSENSITIVE]   =  shade (1.025,@bg_color)

  text[NORMAL]        =  @text_color
  text[ACTIVE]      =  shade (0.65,@text_color)
  text[PRELIGHT]      =  @text_color
  text[SELECTED]      =  @selected_fg_color
  text[INSENSITIVE]   =  shade (1.70,@bg_color)

  engine "aurora"
  {
     menubarstyle      = 2 # 0 = flat, 1 = gradient, 2 = sunken
     curvature       = 6.2
     arrowsize       = 1 # controls combo_arrow circle size.  Diameter set by (11 + 2 * arrowsize)
     old_arrowstyle  = FALSE #set to TRUE for original circled arrows
     animation       = TRUE # FALSE = disabled, TRUE = enabled
  }
}


style "theme-wide" = "theme-default"
{
  xthickness = 2
  ythickness = 2
}

style "theme-wider" = "theme-default"
{
  xthickness = 3
  ythickness = 3
}

style "theme-widest" = "theme-default"
{
  xthickness = 4
  ythickness = 3
}

style "theme-button" = "theme-widest"
{
  bg[NORMAL]   =  shade (1.35,@bg_color)
  bg[ACTIVE]   =  shade (0.85,@bg_color)
  bg[PRELIGHT] =  mix(0.60, shade (1.35,@bg_color), @selected_bg_color)

  #for arrows
  text[SELECTED]   =  shade (0.75,@selected_fg_color)
}

style "theme-entry" = "theme-button" {
  xthickness = 4
  ythickness = 4
}

style "theme-frame" = "theme-wide"
{
  GtkWidget::draw-border = {1,1,1,1}
}

style "theme-toolbar" = "theme-default"
{
  bg[NORMAL] = shade (1.2,@bg_color)
}

style "theme-handlebox" = "theme-default"
{
  bg[NORMAL] = shade (0.95,@bg_color)
}

style "theme-scale" = "theme-default"
{
  bg[NORMAL]   =  shade (1.50,@bg_color)
  bg[PRELIGHT] =  shade (1.90,@bg_color)
}

style "theme-range" = "theme-wide"
{
  bg[NORMAL]   =  shade (1.35,@bg_color)
  bg[PRELIGHT] =  mix(0.70, shade (1.35,@bg_color), @selected_bg_color)

  #Arrows

  text[PRELIGHT] =  @selected_fg_color
  text[ACTIVE]   =  shade (0.30,@selected_fg_color)
  text[INSENSITIVE]   =  shade (0.60,@bg_color)
}

style "theme-notebook" = "theme-wider"
{
  bg[NORMAL] =  shade (1.10,@bg_color)
  fg[ACTIVE] =  shade (0.6,@fg_color)
  bg[ACTIVE] =  shade (0.90,@bg_color)
  bg[SELECTED] =  mix(0.70, @selected_bg_color, shade (1.10,@bg_color))
}

style "theme-paned" = "theme-default" {
  bg[NORMAL] =  shade (1.1,@bg_color)
  bg[PRELIGHT] =  shade (1.2,@bg_color)
}

style "theme-menu" = "theme-default"
{
  xthickness = 0
  ythickness = 0
  bg[NORMAL] = shade (1.11627907,@bg_color)
  bg[NORMAL] = shade (0.6,@bg_color)
}

style "theme-menu-item" = "theme-wider"
{
  fg[PRELIGHT]     =  @selected_fg_color
  text[PRELIGHT] =  @selected_fg_color
}

style "theme-menubar" = "theme-default" {
  bg[NORMAL] = shade (0.7,@bg_color)
}
style "theme-menubar-item" = "theme-menu-item" {}

style "theme-tree" = "theme-default"
{
  xthickness = 2
  ythickness = 1

  GtkWidget::focus-padding = 0

  bg[NORMAL]   =  shade (1.1,@bg_color)
  bg[PRELIGHT] = shade (1.75,@bg_color)
  bg[ACTIVE]   =  mix(0.65, shade (1.1,@bg_color), @selected_bg_color)

}

style "theme-tree-arrow" = "theme-default"
{
  bg[NORMAL]   =  mix(0.70, shade (0.75,@bg_color), shade (0.80,@selected_bg_color))
  bg[PRELIGHT] =  mix(0.80, @bg_color, @selected_bg_color)
}

style "theme-tooltips" = "theme-widest"
{
  bg[NORMAL]   =  shade (0.80,@selected_bg_color)
  fg[NORMAL]   =  @selected_fg_color
}

style "theme-progressbar" = "theme-default"
{
  xthickness = 2
  ythickness = 2
  bg[NORMAL]   =  shade (1.4,@bg_color)
  fg[PRELIGHT]        = @selected_fg_color
}

style "theme-combo" = "theme-button" {
  GtkButton::inner-border = { 0, 1, 0, 0 }
  xthickness = 4
  ythickness = 4
}

style "theme-combo-box" = "theme-button" {
  xthickness = 4
  ythickness = 2
}

style "theme-combo-arrow" = "theme-button"
{
  xthickness = 1
  ythickness = 1

  text[SELECTED]      =  shade (0.8, @selected_fg_color)

}

style "theme-view" = "theme-default"
{
  xthickness = 0
  ythickness = 0
}

style "theme-check-radio-buttons" = "theme-button"
{
  GtkWidget ::interior-focus = 0
  GtkWidget::focus-padding = 1
  text[SELECTED] =  @selected_fg_color
}


# widget styles
class "GtkWidget"       style "theme-default"
class "GtkScale"        style "theme-scale"
class "GtkRange"        style "theme-range"
class "GtkPaned"        style "theme-paned"
class "GtkFrame"        style "theme-frame"
class "GtkMenu"         style "theme-menu"
class "GtkMenuBar"      style "theme-menubar"
class "GtkEntry"        style "theme-entry"
class "GtkProgressBar"  style "theme-progressbar"
class "GtkToolbar"      style "theme-toolbar"
class "GtkSeparator"    style "theme-wide"


widget_class "*<GtkMenuItem>*" style "theme-menu-item"
widget_class "*<GtkMenuBar>.<GtkMenuItem>*" style "theme-menubar-item"

widget_class "*<GtkButton>"      style "theme-button"
widget_class "*<GtkCheckButton>" style  "theme-check-radio-buttons"
widget_class "*<GtkHandleBox>"   style "theme-handlebox"

widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>"    style "theme-notebook"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>*<GtkEventBox>" style "theme-notebook"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>*<GtkDrawingArea>" style "theme-notebook"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>*<GtkLayout>" style "theme-notebook"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>*<GtkViewport>" style "theme-notebook"
widget_class "*<GtkNotebook>.GtkLabel*" style "theme-notebook" #for tabs

# combobox stuff
widget_class "*<GtkCombo>*"    style "theme-combo"
widget_class "*<GtkComboBox>*<GtkButton>"    style "theme-combo-box"
widget_class "*<GtkComboBoxEntry>*" style "theme-combo"
widget_class "*<GtkSpinButton>*"    style "theme-combo"

# tooltips stuff
widget "gtk-tooltip*"  style "theme-tooltips"

# treeview stuff
widget_class "*<GtkTreeView>.<GtkButton>" style "theme-tree"
widget_class "*<GtkCTree>.<GtkButton>"    style "theme-tree"
widget_class "*<GtkList>.<GtkButton>"    style "theme-tree"
widget_class "*<GtkCList>.<GtkButton>"    style "theme-tree"

#For arrow bg
widget_class "*<GtkTreeView>.<GtkButton>*<GtkArrow>" style "theme-tree-arrow"
widget_class "*<GtkCTree>.<GtkButton>*<GtkArrow>"    style "theme-tree-arrow"
widget_class "*<GtkList>.<GtkButton>*<GtkArrow>"    style "theme-tree-arrow"


#######################################################
##  GNOME specific
#######################################################

widget_class "*.ETree.ECanvas"    style "theme-tree" #evolution
widget_class "*.ETable.ECanvas"    style "theme-tree" #evolution

style "panelbuttons" = "theme-button"
{
  # as buttons are draw lower this helps center text
  ythickness = 3
}

widget_class "*Panel*GtkToggleButton*" style "panelbuttons"


#nautilus search stripe and other specialties
style "extra-view" {
   bg[NORMAL] = shade(0.6,@bg_color)
   fg[NORMAL] = @selected_fg_color
}

#nautilus search stripe
widget "*.nautilus-extra-view-widget" style:highest "extra-view"
widget "*.nautilus-extra-view-widget.*.GtkLabel*" style:highest "extra-view"
widget "*.nautilus-extra-view-widget.*Button*.GtkLabel*" style:highest "theme-button"

#Added by Rod for small icons

# pixmap_path "<dir 1>:<dir 2>:<dir 3>:..."
#
# include "rc-file"
#
# style <name> [= <name>]
# {
#   <option>
# }
#
# widget <widget_set>       style <style_name>
# class  <widget_class_set> style <style_name>


style "gimp-default-style"
{
  stock["gtk-dialog-error"] =
    {
      { "../Default/images/stock-error-64.png", *, *, "gtk-dialog" }
    }
  stock["gtk-dialog-info"] =
    {
      { "../Default/images/stock-info-64.png", *, *, "gtk-dialog" }
    }
  stock["gtk-dialog-question"] =
    {
      { "../Default/images/stock-question-64.png", *, *, "gtk-dialog" }
    }
  stock["gtk-dialog-warning"] =
    {
      { "../Default/images/stock-warning-64.png", *, *, "gtk-dialog" }
    }

# Uncommenting this line allows to set a different (smaller) font for GIMP.
#
# font_name = "sans 8"

# Enabling the following line for some reason breaks toolbox resize
# increment calculation. You can enable it to get an even smaller GUI
# but need to restart GIMP after the theme change.
#
# GtkWidget::focus-padding         = 0

  GtkOptionMenu::indicator-size    = { 5, 11 }
  GtkOptionMenu::indicator-spacing = { 4, 3, 1, 1 }

  GtkPaned::handle-size             = 5
  GimpDockWindow::default-height    = 240
  GimpDock::font-scale              = 0.8333
  GimpMenuDock::minimal-width       = 200
  GimpDockWindow::menu-preview-size = small-toolbar
  GimpToolPalette::tool-icon-size   = menu
  GimpToolPalette::button-relief    = none
  GimpDockbook::tab-border          = 0
  GimpDockbook::tab-icon-size       = menu
  GimpColorNotebook::tab-border     = 0
  GimpColorNotebook::tab-icon-size  = menu
  GimpDeviceEditor::handle-size     = 12
  GimpDockable::content-border      = 1
  GimpEditor::content-spacing       = 1
  GimpEditor::button-spacing        = 1
  GimpEditor::button-icon-size      = menu
  GimpDataEditor::minimal-height    = 64
  GimpFrame::label-spacing          = 2
  GtkDialog::content-area-border    = 0
  GtkDialog::button-spacing         = 6
  GtkDialog::action-area-border     = 12
  GimpUnitComboBox::appears-as-list = 0
}

class "GtkWidget" style "gimp-default-style"


style "gimp-tool-dialog-style" = "gimp-default-style"
{
  GtkDialog::action-area-border = 6
}

class "GimpToolDialog" style "gimp-tool-dialog-style"


style "gimp-grid-view-style" = "gimp-default-style"
{
  bg[NORMAL] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 }
}

widget "*GimpContainerGridView*GtkViewport*" style "gimp-grid-view-style"


style "gimp-dockable-style" = "gimp-default-style"
{
  GimpFrame::label-bold       = 0
  GtkButton::focus-line_width = 1
  GtkButton::focus-padding    = 0
}

widget "*GimpDockable.*" style "gimp-dockable-style"


style "gimp-display-style" = "gimp-default-style"
{
  GimpRuler::font-scale          = 0.6444
  GimpUnitComboBox::label-scale  = 0.8333
  GimpScaleComboBox::label-scale = 0.8333
  GtkComboBox::arrow-size        = 8
  GtkButton::inner-border        = { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
  GtkButton::focus-line-width    = 0
  GtkButton::focus-padding       = 0
}

widget "*GimpDisplayShell.*" style "gimp-display-style"


style "gimp-overlay-style" = "gimp-display-style"
{
  GtkButton::focus-line_width = 1
}

widget_class "*<GimpOverlayFrame>*" style "gimp-overlay-style"






This will give you aurora dark theme with loader and small icons.
If you do not want small icons just delete everything below the line
#Added by Rod for small icons

Enjoy!

Much more detailed information can be found here.
http://www.gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4076

[Rod]

Screenshot

Dialog_Buttons_RD.jpg