About

As the name suggests, this little program lets you change your gtk+ 2.0 theme. The aim is to make theme preview and selection as slick as possible. Themes installed on the system are presented for selection and previewed on the fly. For a comprehensive demonstration there’s a large variety of widgets.

It was originally derived from Gtk Theme Switch, but what started out as a hack to remove various nuisances now shares no code whatsoever anymore with the original. This is why I decided to opt for a new name.

Screenshots

Download

Version 0.3.1

• gtk-chtheme-0.3.1.tar.bz2
• gtk-chtheme-0.3.1-1.src.rpm
• gtk-chtheme-0.3.1-1.i386.rpm

Version 0.3

• gtk-chtheme-0.3.tar.bz2

Version 0.2

• gtk-chtheme-0.2.tar.bz2

Version 0.1

• gtk-chtheme-0.1.tar.bz2

Changelog

Changes in 0.3.1:

• Fixes for a number of a packaging glitches.

Changes in 0.3:

• Added writing gtk-font-name setting.
• Added [Apply] button.
• Added RPM .spec file.
• Added this ChangeLog.
• Another major code reorganization, some cleanup ensued.
• Removed clearing of font upon theme selection change.
• Removed notebook, moved preview panel onto main view, removed textarea from preview panel.
• Renamed all references to “demo” to “preview.”
• Added blocking of main window when font dialog is shown.
• Added disabling of font clear button; fixes segfault when clicked before any theme selected.
• Added parsing of existing .gtkrc to preset widgets
• Made all widgets in preview pane unfocussable with keyboard.
• Thanks to help from Andre Costa and Pascal Bleser, RPM packages are now available.

Changes in 0.2:

• Massive code cleanup and reorganization.
• Lots of minor improvements for the demo tab.

Changes in 0.1:

• Based on Gtk Theme Switch.
• Tarball installation features removed.
• Theme directories that do not contain a gtk+ theme are not offered for selection.
• Theme names are presented in a scrollable list rather than a combobox.
• The dialog window updates itself as a preview rather than opening a separate window.
• Integrate the preview into the main window, putting the selection and preview controls in tabs.
• [Preview] button removed, preview happens immediately when a selection is made.
• Buttons renamed to [Ok] [Cancel].
• Use stock icons as much as possible.