Help me with a GTK theme

[aschwerin.moses]

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/F6F6F6?content=101200&PHPSESSID=691cc8368236f68021e44d873dddc0ac

This is one of the themes that I did. Infact I did use the Santay_Origianl gtk theme to make this. I would like to know how to get the "select" item field highlighted with a .png rather than just colour.

The below code is the code for menubar, i somehow cannot get a .png for selected items, please help...

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# MENUBAR
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

style "menubar-panel" = "default"
{
fg[NORMAL] = @tooltip_fg_color
# bg[NORMAL] = @tooltip_bg_color
xthickness = 3
}

style "menubar"="wide"
{
xthickness = 5

fg[NORMAL] = shade(0.85, @tooltip_fg_color)
fg[PRELIGHT] = @tooltip_fg_color

bg[NORMAL] = @tooltip_fg_color
bg[SELECTED] = @bg_color

engine "pixmap"
{
image
{
function = BOX
state = NORMAL
recolorable = TRUE
file = "ventana/menubar.png"
border = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }
stretch = TRUE
}
image
{
function = BOX
state = PRELIGHT
recolorable = TRUE
file = "ventana/menubarselect.png"
border = { 1, 1, 1, 1 }
stretch = TRUE
}
}
}

[aschwerin.moses]

not even a single person????

[Giant Speck]

If I'm assuming correctly, you're trying to set it so that if you hover over one of the menubar options (such as File or Edit, for example), it will show a picture. You want a mouseover picture, basically.

I'm not sure what you want can be done. I've tried to do it, and I've looked at dozens of other pixmap themes, and none of them can do it.

[aschwerin.moses]

yes, you are correct.

I found this theme that uses a picture. Tried to look at the code but did not understand.

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Leopardish?content=65299

[aschwerin.moses]

no ones knows it?????.. come on guys

[xl_cheese]

Look at this for an example.

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/White%3F!?content=62968

[eamon63]

Try this out.
I'm using Global Menu. This method removes annoying background of panel applets. Also gives highlight to bar items when clicked (activates the menubar( and hovered. Will not show anything when idle even when hovered. Also works for Open Office apps.

you need 3 image files.


############ menubar ################

style "menubar"
{
#font_name = "Lucida Grande 8.5" #OPTIONAL

fg[PRELIGHT] = "#ffffff"
fg[ACTIVE] = "#ffffff"

bg_pixmap[NORMAL] = "Menu-Menubar/menubar2.png" #BAR BACKGROUND

xthickness = 4
ythickness = 0
engine "pixmap"
{
image
{
function = BOX
recolorable = TRUE
state = NORMAL
file = "Menu-Menubar/menubar.png" #TRANSPARENT IMAGE
border = { 0, 0, 1,1}
stretch = TRUE
}
image
{
function = BOX
recolorable = TRUE
state = PRELIGHT
file = "Menu-Menubar/menubar-item.png" #YOUR PICTURE IMAGE
stretch = TRUE
}
}
}

class "GtkMenuBar" style "menubar"
widget_class "*MenuBar.*" style "menubar"

################################3

Looking at your code, the key i think, is to make your bar background a pixmap image rather than just color....