Re: Styles, RC Files, and Themes

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org> writes:

> > So, the declaration:
> > 
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > style "my-button" {
> >   fg[NORMAL] = "ff0000"
> > }
> > 
> > widget "*.MyButton" style "my-button"
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 
> > simply makes MyButton have the style it would have if the 
> > pattern was not there at all, but with a red foreground in 
> > the normal state.

> hm, another thing about your approach.
> i'm currently setting the style for all internal widgets in GLE, so that
> GLE appears a bit different than the rest of an application, so the
> user can actuually identify the windows quite easily.
> a style
> 
> class "GtkWidget" style "theme-blub-default-style"
> 
> would defeat that possibility.
> <ramble>
> so we need to have some way to puposely override the behaviour you
> propose. maybe through a special keyword in the style definiton
> that...

If you really want that, how about:

 style "MyStyle" = "" {
 }

Where "" represents the style with all values set to the default
value. 

I think it would be somewhat unfriendly, however, for GLE to
completely ignore the user's theme. If it wants a different look, it
should just set some values that override the user's theme.

> also it seems like we need the path priorities for styles as well then..

Yes, I don't think that is a bad thing. Without priorities, the
_current_ theme system can't handle dynamic reloading properly
in all circumstances.

> </ramble>
> 
> dunno, that all seems somewhat hackish to me...

<shrug>
                                        Owen