Adapta theme.

[ghost]

Hi,

Could you consider creating matching themes for Adapta?

Thank you!

[tsujan]

As for "could", yes! As for the time needed for that, I'm currently very busy with other projects, especially LXQt. So, it's just a matter of finding some free time.

[ghost]

LXQt is certainly more relevant than a specific theme.

Thank you! 👍

[tsujan]

You're welcome!

I'll ask you to test it whenever I make the first version of "KvAdapta".

[tsujan]

I started to make it little by little. It needs a few small modifications to Kvantum, so it might take a while, but so far so good:

[ghost]

Nice! Thanks for your work and time.

There is also a request on Adapta for a KDE theme.

[tsujan]

There is also a request on Adapta for a KDE theme.

Some plasma theme matching it should be possible but KDE is too focused on Breeze and Breeze is so elementary: you can't even change the color of its window decoration, let alone make it translucent. In the above screenshot, I've used Emerald with Compiz under LXQt.

[tsujan]

KvAdapta is now included in and depends on the latest git Kvantum (which comes with lots of subtle fixes). It matches and is inspired by the Adapta GTK theme but isn't a clone of it.

I'm not fond of flat themes with sharp corners but I like this one; maybe because of its uncomplicated look :) Moreover, it revealed several tiny bugs, which are fixed now. Thanks for the idea!

Although I'm using KvAdapta, I'd be very grateful if you test it and tell me if you encounter any problem.

Please also note that the Breeze titlebar isn't suitable for this theme. I use Aurorae (can't include it in Kvantum) or Emerald+Compiz but have added an Openbox theme.

Will make a dark variant (KvAdaptaDark) later.

[tsujan]

If you test it, please note that all toolbar/menubar texts should be readable (have enough contrast with their background), like in this screenshot (Audacious-qt5):

[ghost]

Hi! That was pretty fast.

I will update to "master" today and test it. The titlebar is not a issue for me since a I use bspwm/i3, without them.

Thanks million!

[ghost]

Hi!

It seem to be working fine***: https://ibb.co/d6NSGk

The only problem I had was indeed updating the FreeBSD port to use master still does not include KvAdapta, I downloaded it manually. I shall investigate that...

*** for some reason github is having issues with the image.

[tsujan]

Thanks for the feedback! Please note that KvAdapta needs the latest Kvantum; with an older version, you might see weird things ;)

for some reason github is having issues with the image.

Strange! I've never encountered that. Maybe it's because of the browser. It should be OK with Firefox, Chromium and QupZilla (if identified as Firefox).

I leave this tracker open until I make KvAdaptaDark.

[ghost]

I built using the last commit ( 392d098 ).

I am using Firefox, however heavily tweaked. One of those tweaks could be breaking something.

Thanks!

[ceyhunn]

Hi @tsujan , What about Adapta dark variant, eta variant and button ripple effect? Any plan for these?

[tsujan]

@ceyhunnabiyev I'll make a dark variant as soon as I have less life problems and more free time -- that's the reason why I haven't closed this tracker yet. Please also note that KvAdapta is not a clone of Adapta but matches it pretty well.

I have no plan to make an "eta" variant. Actually, I don't like copying GTK themes in Kvantum. Yes, I've done so for a few well-known GTK themes and might do it again in future but my preferred themes are those that are more original (like KvCurves3d, KvFlatLight, KvSimplicity,...). However, I pay attention to users' preferences too.

Kvantum has state-change and transient scrollbar animations but no "ripple effect". I don't have a plan to add one yet but who knows what might happen in future? ;)

[tsujan]

@lebarondemerde I've noticed that you use FreeBSD; don't you? I'd be very grateful if you report any problem Kvantum may have on BSD systems because I don't have one. Thanks in advance!

[ceyhunn]

@tsujan, thanks for your answer, but most of themes has variant for small resolution(laptops).

[tsujan]

@ceyhunnabiyev I tested Adapta-eta right now and saw no difference except for smaller sizes. That's a piece of cake in Kvatum but I really don't think it's worth adding three kinds of Adapta, one of which just with smaller sizes.

How important is it to you? What's the resolution of your laptop's monitor?

[tsujan]

Moreover, I think KvAdapta is already "eta" because I haven't used the large sizes of Adapta in it.

[ceyhunn]

@tsujan , Ok , no problem. Thanks for Great Work .

[tsujan]

You're welcome! I checked again: KvAdapta is really "eta" ;) I don't like themes that waste the space too much.

[ceyhunn]

I pleasantly wait dark variant..

[ghost]

@tsujan

Yes, I am on FreeBSD. No problems here so far, however I am an i3/bspwm user and so I do not have too many graphic programs. I mean I may miss some detail eventually.

About the KvAdapta variants, since the differences seem to be just some theme "scaling", eventually it could be added into the "Configure Active Theme" section, if possible.

Thanks!

[tsujan]

@lebarondemerde Good to know that Kvantum has no problem on FreeBSD :) I had FreeBSD on VirtualBox but lost its virtual hard.

eventually it could be added into the "Configure Active Theme" section

Kvantum Manager includes only those keys that usually don't ruin the look of a theme when changed. Frame sizes and margins aren't safe to change in this regard.

Anyhow, as I said above, most of the themes that come with Kvantum don't waste the available space and, in that sense, are "eta".

[varlesh]

I modify :)

[tsujan]

You made a titlebar? It's nice.

[varlesh]

Yes :) I try made plasma theme (if it possible, because buttons rendered very specific on plasmashell)

[tsujan]

Recently, I was completing the "inactive" state in Kvantum (which is like the "fallback" mode in GTK) and might add some "inactiveness" to KvAdapta.

[tsujan]

@varlesh Why are the toolbar normal icons pale in your screenshot (which is elegant, BTW)? Does it have something to do with your icon theme?

[varlesh]

No, it's kvantum draw colors for icons. Papirus use another colors. I'm upload theme later... when finish all

[tsujan]

How is that possible?! Except for selection tinting, I put no code for coloring icons in Kvantum. It should be KDE. Here, under LXQt, all toolbar (symbolic) icons are white.

I'm very curious to know how that happens.

[tsujan]

Found the cause: when text.normal.color under [Toolbar] is the same as window.text.color, those icons are colored accordingly.

However, that color isn't appropriate for window texts, IMO.

[tsujan]

A short explanation about why it's impossible to set the color of symbolic icons in the style plugin:

Both KDE and LXQt use the application window text color for symbolic icons when their background is near the window color and use the inverse of that color (plus a highlight tint) when the background has a high contrast with the window color. If they used the widget's window text color, there would be a way to color symbolic icons in Kvantum. However, the icon engine knows nothing about widgets; hence it can only use the application window text color.

[varlesh]

@tsujan It's possible use shadow hint for toolbar widget? I'm enlarge bottom area and change color to window plus add shadow, but it's not good looking with konsole: Also if bottom ID change to transparent and add shadow, anyway used window background...

[tsujan]

No, shadow doesn't have any meaning for toolbars. That shadow-like part is just toolbar's bottom element. The window background is always for the whole window, including its toolbar.

Konsole's look is related to Konsole itself. For example, if its background was light, it would look differently. You don't need to worry about specific apps like Konsole.

[tsujan]

BTW, if you increase toolbar bottom frame size -- as you did above -- the extra size will be added in all directions -- top, right and left too. Toolbar is an exception in this regard.

[varlesh]

Ok... i'm refused from this idea, not good looking

[tsujan]

GTK large gaps and borders don't look good in GTK either, IMO. They waste some space too. Ubuntu has had a better idea with its theme called Ambiance. Contrary to most GTK themes, Ambiance doesn't waste space.

[varlesh]

yes with global menu Unity very comphortable for small screens

[varlesh]

@tsujan https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/adapta-kde Now only aurorae & kvantum... Later i try make plasma theme

[varlesh]

preview:

[varlesh]

My bold fonts shit on nvidia... i know this :) ~/.Xresources:

Xft.dpi:       96
Xft.antialias: true
Xft.hinting:   true
Xft.autohint:  false
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
Xft.rgba:      rgb

But bold font anyway looking ugly

[tsujan]

Good but, IMHO, the toolbar bottom frame size is too big, which makes all of its frame sizes -- and also those of menubar (because menubar and toolbar are merged together) -- become too big. I think that thick shadow on the bottom isn't worth those big frames.. but tastes differ.

[varlesh]

I'm not solve this... maybe remove shadow or not. Need think about that.

[tsujan]

Qt doesn't allow different top and bottom frame sizes for toolbars; hence the big toolbar+menubar in your screennshot.

[tsujan]

@varlesh If you like that thick shadow under the toolbar in your Adapta version, you could set merge_menubar_with_toolbar to false and handle the menubar separately in it.

[tsujan]

Added KvAdaptaDark (might modify it later). Also added yet another workaround for bad app design (like in Kate).

I think any decoration made for KvAdapta should work with KvAdaptaDark too.

I close this but please add comments here if there's any problem.

@varlesh If you put your Kvantum themes inside GTK folders, you could put the dark variants alongside the light ones inside the light folder -- actually, you could always do so, with or without GTK. For example, if you make a modified version of KvAdaptaDark, you could put its SVG and kvconfig file in the theme folder of KvAdapta. This is a new feature and, although I've tested it, it may need more tests. Of course, your users should have a relatively recent git Kvantum for that to work.

[tsujan]

I've added the following info to the doc but I repeat it here with an example:

Supposing that your active Kvantum is KvAdapta, you could call the dark variant, KvAdaptaDark, by running an app with:

APP -style kvantum-dark

Or with exporting the environment variable first:

export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=kvantum-dark
APP

This might be useful in GTK DEs.

[tsujan]

With KvAdapta, some apps (terminal, video playes,...) can be assigned to KvAdpataDark by Kvantum Manager. The result looks nice: