Increase the resizing space for the windows in XFCE4?

[sunrat]

In MX15 (gtk3.14), he created a modified greybird gtk theme (or was it the accompanying window manager theme?) called MX-greybird-thick with thicker borders. Not sure how he did that or what entries he changed.

Maybe
http://sevkeifert.blogspot.com/2014/12/ ... buntu.html

[Paul..]

Turns out the only way create bigger borders is to patch each set of theme files individually which is kind of...well...ugly.

For example, the relevant Greybird-MX17 Window Manager theme files are located in /usr/share/themes/Greybird-17/xfwm4/

To change the border thickness, you need to edit certain .xpm files which are a kind of ASCII art file. Adjusting these files is trial-and-error...

If you just want a quick way to increase the border size, go to Settings -> Window Manager -> select Daloa. I think it has a border of 3 or more pixels.

Here's a reference: http://sevkeifert.blogspot.ca/2014/12/i ... buntu.html

Ideal solution? Find a way to have a master Window Manager theme that other themes "inherit" (I suppose).

xfce gurus, please chime in here if you understand how that might be possible!

[Jerry3904]

Does the old theme still work, and is it available?

[asqwerth]

Our current wm theme is not greybird wm but arc dark wm theme.

But the older wm theme for greybird might still work. Wm themes aren't really affected by gtk changes unlike the gtk themes.

[oops]

...
xfce gurus, please chime in here if you understand how that might be possible!

... An "invisible and magnetic" solution to catch the mouse of about 1 pixel or so, more or less, would probably be the best.

[Paul..]

Quick and Dirty: I could cut and paste the relevant .xpm files from Doloa wm theme to Arc-Dark...and call it Arc-Dark-Thick

[oops]

Quick and Dirty: I could cut and paste the relevant .xpm files from Doloa wm theme to Arc-Dark...and call it Arc-Dark-Thick

... Will be my default theme as workaround.

[philotux]

Quick and Dirty: I could cut and paste the relevant .xpm files from Doloa wm theme to Arc-Dark...and call it Arc-Dark-Thick

Paul..

If it is not to much of a hassle, would you mind giving some step by step instruction as how to accomplish this. I have no idea where to look for to begin with.

[Paul..]

Here is a modified version of Arc-Dark Window Manager theme with thicker borders.

Name: Arc-Dark-Thick

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TSL-DR ... sp=sharing

To test:

1. Download and extract the .tar.gz file to create the folder Arc-Dark-Thick
2. As root, copy the Arc-Dark-Thick folder to /usr/share/themes
3. As user, go to Settings->Window Manager and select Arc-Dark-Thick

EDIT: You can trigger a refresh with: "xfwm4 --replace" from user terminal...or select another Window Manager and then go back

[oops]

Here is a modified version of Arc-Dark Window Manager theme with thicker borders.

Name: Arc-Dark-Thick

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TSL-DR ... sp=sharing

To test:

1. Download and extract the .tar.gz file to create the folder Arc-Dark-Thick
2. As root, copy the Arc-Dark-Thick folder to /usr/share/themes
3. As user, go to Settings->Window Manager and select Arc-Dark-Thick

EDIT: You can trigger a refresh with: "xfwm4 --replace" from user terminal...or select another Window Manager and then go back

I will try but:

#theme_switch_clear-dark.desktop

Code: Select all

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Switch Theme
Comment=Switch between dark and light themes
# by fehlix:
# based on the idea by richb
# https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=44584#
# Light
# Exec=xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName -s "Greybird-mx17"
# Dark
# Exec=xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName -s "Arc-Dark"
Exec=bash -c 'A=Arc-Dark;B=Greybird-mx17;declare -A T;T=([$A]=$B [$B]=$A);tn() { xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName "$@";};tn -s ${T[$(tn)]}'
Icon=view-private
Path=
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false
Categories=perso;

... I also use this switch_clear-dark.desktop theme, so I now need 2 themes modified.
A=Arc-Dark-Thick
B=Greybird-mx17-Thick