A collection of Windows-like GTK themes based on both Chicago95 (for GTK3) and Redmond97 (for GTK2) incoporating some color schemes. If you are interested in knowing how these themes were developed, check my comment in the original reddit post.
Note 1: This was made with both XFCE and MATE on mind, so you may find issues if you are using another DE.
Note 2: The borderless releases only includes the window manager themes.
Note 3: This theme is intented to look better with non-CSD settings. If you want to know how to do that, please check in the Tips and tricks section.
~/.themes/
if you want a local installation, or just copy to /usr/share/themes
if you want a global installation.Note: To install the borderless or/and the HDPI versions, follow the same steps, however it's just the WM theme so just use the Window Manager selector to change it.
Desktop icon labels
Unlike Chicago95, the desktop icon labels come disabled by default. To revert that:
~/.themes/
if installed locally, if installed globally then go to /usr/share/themes
.gtk-3.0/apps
.xfce.css
with your editor of choice.XfdesktopIconView.view
, replace the background: transparent;
line with background: @xfd_icon_backdrop;
. It should look like this:
/* Xfdesktop */
XfdesktopIconView.view {
background: @xfd_icon_backdrop;
color: @selected_bg_color;
border-radius: 0px; }
Disable CSD
If you want a more coherent look, you can use GTK3 classic or/and libxfce4ui-nocsd. Update: As XFCE 4.18 disables CSD by default, this may be not necessary anymore.
Get bitmap accurate fonts
You can copy the fonts from a default Windows installation and use PixelPerfect for that matter.
Windows icons
If you are looking for Windows-like icons i recommend to use either the default Chicago95 icons or SE98.
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