Idea #11499: wine appearance and theming

Written by jpka the 24 Jul 08 at 20:46. Category: Look and Feel.
Related to: Wine. Status: New

Description

When I go to 'Wine configuration - Desktop integration', there is no simple way to use my current theming of Ubuntu.
I have only options of 'install theme' (it's a windows file? where I can get it?!) or manually set each item color, and each time when I change Ubuntu theming, I must again and again set each item in Wine manually.

I suggest to integrate Ubuntu theming in Wine. It looks not so hard.

Tags: bugnumber1 wine

Developer comments

The problem isn't Ubuntu specific: Wine's theming implementation still sucks. This is largely an upstream issue (there was a summer of code project at one point, but it didn't fix the slowness, and it didn't add any good magic to use the current system theme colors).

Attachments

Bug #111061 : Wine use Windows colors instead of Ubuntu colors

Duplicates

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Comments

neon wrote on the 24 Jul 08 at 20:48

http://www.deviantart.com/#catpath=customization/skins/windows/visualstyle&orde r=9

(: WINE only will use Windows theming because the windows programs only understand that.

jpka wrote on the 24 Jul 08 at 20:52

But main elements in wine (like button & menu colors and many more) can be tied to current Ubuntu theme, IMHO :)

Eldmannen wrote on the 24 Jul 08 at 21:36

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine/+bug/111061
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine/+bug/219693

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7277/

http://fioressj.deviantart.com/art/Human-for-Windows-37743373
http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/01/04/stop-wine-from-beating-your-windows-ap ps-with-the-ugly-stick/

jpka wrote on the 24 Jul 08 at 22:00

Thanks, I read it, but it all suggests (almost) only to static tune Wine to match the Human theme.
My idea is about dynamic setting of wine appearance to match the current user settings in Ubuntu, as close as possible, include dark Ubuntu themes.

AntORG wrote on the 24 Jul 08 at 22:05

http://www.ainotenshi.org/2007/10/15/humanisation-of-wine/

AndrewC wrote on the 25 Jul 08 at 00:47

This is a very good idea for making Windows apps look less out of place, and could be a lot like the Gtk theme which comes with Kubuntu which mimics the Qt theme that is being used.

frup wrote on the 25 Jul 08 at 09:03

I think any effort should be on improving wines functionality not what it looks like.

Maybe once enough things work this would be worth wile.

dragoninsane wrote on the 26 Jul 08 at 17:56

ya ahhhh.good idea but i still find wine integration a bit rusty.

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