Gnome Clock & Applets Font Color
Ali Helmy
alihelmy at gmail.com
Tue May 23 19:19:36 UTC 2006
On 04/05/06, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 06:51 -0400, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 05:24 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote:
> > > On 02/05/06, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 22:31 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote:
> > > > On 02/05/06, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 19:35 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote:
> > > > > On 01/05/06, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 12:48 +0300, Ali
> > > Helmy wrote:
> > > > > > Hey lads,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My background image is mostly black, and
> > > I have
> > > > the
> > > > > gnome-panel color
> > > > > > set to transparent most of the time, or
> > > when its a
> > > > solid
> > > > > color, its
> > > > > > black, so I have a problem, which is
> > > that all
> > > > gnome applets
> > > > > [clock,
> > > > > > weather, etc] use a black font to print
> > > their
> > > > text, which
> > > > > obviously,
> > > > > > doesn't show on the black panel...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So is there some way I can edit the font
> > > the
> > > > panel-applets
> > > > > use to
> > > > > > display text [say turn it into white for
> > > example]
> > > > so that I
> > > > > can easily
> > > > > > read them on my black panel?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > A. Helmy
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ali,
> > > > >
> > > > > Good morning, sorry to hear that the auto
> > > hide
> > > > failed to
> > > > > stick, not sure
> > > > > what that's all about.
> > > > >
> > > > > I had the same problem concerning the
> > > applet font
> > > > colors. I
> > > > > did some
> > > > > googling and came up with this:
> > > > >
> > > > > create a file called .gtkrc-2.0 in your
> > > home
> > > > directory that
> > > > > contains:
> > > > >
> > > > > style "panel_color"
> > > > > {
> > > > > fg[NORMAL] = "#b4ff7b"
> > > > > }
> > > > > widget "*PanelWidget*" style "panel_color"
> > > > > widget "*PanelApplet*clock*" style
> > > "panel_color"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I could not find the specific resources,
> > > thus the
> > > > wild
> > > > > cards. The color
> > > > > definition is slightly green of yellow. I
> > > used one
> > > > of the
> > > > > color-picker
> > > > > apps to get the value.
> > > > >
> > > > > You'll need to log off and back on to see
> > > the
> > > > changes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bob...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the help mate, but... what should I
> > > insert
> > > > instead of the
> > > > > wild cards?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > A. Helmy
> > > >
> > > > Ali,
> > > >
> > > > I could not find the specific resources, but
> > > *PanelWidget* and
> > > > *PanelApplet*clock* get the clock applet and the
> > > items next to
> > > > the the
> > > > Red Hat.
> > > >
> > > > See attached. Is this what you're trying to do?
> > > >
> > > > Bob...
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yes that's exactly what I'm trying to do... But I still
> > > don't know
> > > > what to replace the wild cards with
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > A. Helmy
> > >
> > > Ali,
> > >
> > > I think I'm missing something, you can use them as they
> > > are. I haven't
> > > noticed any adverse affects. I suspect that *PanelWidget* and
> > > *PanelApplet*clock* are very close to the actual resource
> > > names. The
> > > source code is about the only place I can think to look.
> > >
> > > Bob...
> > >
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> > >
> > > Ok, so I did what you suggested and modified the Clock text color...
> > > any idea whay line i should add in order to control the Gnome Weather
> > > applet?
> > >
> >
> > Ali,
> >
> > No I don't, but you could try:
> >
> > widget "*PanelApplet*weather*" style
> >
> > Bob...
>
> This should take care of it.
>
> widget "*PanelApplet*" style "panel_color"
>
> It will make the foreground the "panel_color" in all applets.
>
> Bob...
>
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Hey mates,
I tried the method you suggested and it works fine with everything except
with the custom menu (the one with applications, places and desktop menus)
applet. It still retains its black font colour, even though all other
applets appear with the colour i picked
how can i fix that?
--
Cheers,
A. Helmy
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