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OSe-Light + Xtrlght GTK themes for elementary OS

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Last update: 08/24/2017 (changelog in featured comments below)

NEW: TWO (mostly) clean and light themes for elementary OS with elements of the Arc, OSX and elementary themes.
Additional OSe-Xtrlght theme ... with smaller and lighter .svg window buttons. (see Update comment below, reminiscent of Yose-Alpha theme by Kxmylo)

NOTE: This theme is for GTK+ 3.18.x ONLY
... and only tested on elementary OS 0.4.1 Loki and it might or might not work for you.

ICON THEME: MY-Remix of Mine Yosemite: fav.me/dbi3l4q (not bundled with GTK theme)

INSTALLATION:
- download ZIP (upper right on this page here)
- unpack into ~/.themes folder (or create it in Home first)
- Use elementary Tweaks > Appearance > GTK+ to choose the theme

This theme is a fork of the OSX-Arc-Collection theme by LINXGEM33 on www.gnome-look.org/p/1167049/
... which again is a fork of the glorious Arc theme by horst3180 github.com/horst3180/arc-theme
... and includes functional CSS elements (Wingpanel (.panel) and Photos (.checkerboard-layout)) from the og elementary OS theme by Daniel Foré.

LOTS OF ELEMENTARY OS SPECIFIC FEATURES:
Design changes, repairs, elementary OS specific code (in regard to OSX-Arc-...):
* NEW: GTK switches (not PNG), elementary OS checkboxes and radio buttons, more vibrant elementary brand "blueberry" color for accents and selection.
* changed Pantheon Files (Marlin) and Nautilus sidebars to a solid, slightly cold, light grey
* also no transparency of headerbar/toolbar (totally irritating IMO)
* reduced header-bar window button padding (spacing)
* adjusted greyish window title and sidebar font colors
* changed transparency of Wingpanel from alpha 0.5 to 0.3 (readability is still there and it blends a little bit nicer with your wallpaper IMO).
** reinstated correct elementary OS specific and adaptive WINGPANEL behaviour: dark transparent background with light and/or noisy wallpapers, fully transparent with dark and clean wallpapers, solid black with maximized windows.
** corrected a graphic glitch with 3rd party themes in Pantheon PHOTOS by inserting the code from the og elementary theme from apps.css to GTK-3.18/gtk.css  (.checkerboard-layout) (this issue with 3rd party themes here: elementaryos.stackexchange.com… )
** installed/copied CSS for GTK Listboxes etc. for correct panel widget theming. (not just blinding white)
** corrected GTK Dialog button spacing (in reg. to OSX Arc)

Issues ... There are still some inconsistencies if you flip the switch to "prefer dark ..." (dark theme) but maybe I'll sort this out too one day.
Right now emphasize is on the light theme.


Also NOT (!) BUNDLED with the GTK theme but pictured above:

* WALLPAPER in preview: bo0xvn.deviantart.com/art/9-II…

* GOOGLE DRIVE is mounted at startup via google-drive-ocamlfuse (free). Find detailled info on how to set it up here: www.webupd8.org/2013/09/mount-…

*... and DOCKY is used instead of Plank as dock launcher.

* DESKTOP ICONS: I added Nautilus as a secondary file browser and set it to handle and display desktop icons via one of the answers here:
elementaryos.stackexchange.com…

Recommended desktop font: Open Sans (elementary OS standard font)
Tip: For more consistency, in Tweaks set window title font to: Open Sans SEMIBOLD (so it matches nicely with GTK .title font-weight: 600)
(Yes, San Francisco Display font MIGHT look better, lighter and more mac-ish but IMO only on hidpi / retina displays.)

>> Just doing this as a "learning by doing" hobby. <<

Yes, you can request sth. and point me to glitches and bugs, but I can't guarantee that I'll (or am able to) take care of it.
Feel free to fork and improve this theme yourself! ... and then please keep me in the loop as I might want to use it too! =)


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CyberGen49's avatar

Absolutely love this theme! Wonderful job! I'd love to see it updated to work with eOS Hera though.