Michael Stephenson wrote: > > > 2008/7/2 Cory K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > Hi all. I'm tinkering with the Feisty Studio theme. Thinking of > bringing > it back with a facelift. I need help getting a look though. > > Studio always skins the panel in it's themes. But adding the > background > manually through the panel options gives a different effect that using > the theme. I would like to get the look of adding it manually, but in > the theme. > > Here's what I'm trying to do: > http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/6104/paneltestro0.png > > Now, since I also control all the settings for Studio I could set this > with a gconf key but it would set the panel for any theme someone > used. > This is not ideal. > > So, is there a way to get the look of the top example *in* the theme? > > Links to themes that do this are appreciated as well. > > -Cory \m/ > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art> > > Please Please Please, don't skin the panel, some (stupidly in my > opinion) programs use it as a repeated background for some of their > windows (such as the alacarte menu editor when you are editing the > properties of a launcher), and it looks truly awful and incredibly > unprofessional.
Not my problem. Apps need to do things right. *And* Studio's theme doesnt suffer from the issues you mention as we have work arounds. > I don't know this for sure but I assume this is why the gutsy ubuntu > studio theme decided not to do this. Studio's panels have been skinned since it's creation. > Alternatively you could file this as a bug in alacarte and any other > programs which do this and hopefully get it changed. > Mick I do. And often. ;) "Please Please Please" don't give opinions like this to questions of a technical nature. I'm looking for tech answers. Not ascetic opinion. Things like this are reasons why I never *usually* ask on this list. No need to respond to this. I'm just looking for a clear answer to my query. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
