30. Add Themes to GNOME

30. Add Themes to GNOME

Select a Theme for Editing

In the Theme Preferences dialog box select a theme to edit. Select a theme that has some attributes that you may use in the theme that you are creating (such as the controls or icons). Then select the Theme Details button to open the Theme Details dialog box.

Drag Downloaded Themes to Theme Details Tabs

This step is optional. If you have downloaded theme elements from the Web, you can add them to the Theme Details tabs. For example, if you have downloaded a Window Border theme (themes and theme elements are downloaded as file archives in the format filename .tar.gz), you can add it to the Window Border tab. Select the Window Border tab and drag the downloaded file to the tab. When you release the file, the Theme Installation dialog opens.

Note

Theme files that you download have the tar.gz extension. This means that they are archived files. You do not have to unarchive the files to use them. The archived theme files can be dragged directly onto the Theme Details tabs and installed.

31. Change Window Preferences

Open Window Preferences Dialog

In the Settings dialog box, double-click the Windows icon in the Appearance pane of the dialog box. The Window Preferences dialog box opens.

Change Window Preferences Settings

In the Window Preferences dialog select the Select Windows When the Mouse Moves Over Them check box if you want to activate windows by rolling the mouse over them. You can also set the interval of time that must be met before the window gains focus. Select the Raise Selected Windows After an Interval check box and then set the interval time.

If you want to change the behavior of windows when the title bar is double-clicked (the default is Maximize), select the Double-Click Titlebar to Perform This Action box and select Roll Up . Windows now roll up when you double click the title bar.

You can also select the helper key used when you want to drag that window (by default no helper key is required, and the default is the Alt key). Select an option box such as Control , Hyper , or Super (or "Windows logo") to change the key selection.

Close Window Preferences Dialog

After making your changes to the settings in the Window Preferences dialog box, select the Close button to close the dialog box and return to the Settings dialog box.

Note

Other than the ability to focus on a window by rolling the mouse over it and the ability to roll up a window with a double-click on the title bar, the other options in the Window Preferences dialog are probably best left at the defaults.