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author | Jakub Steiner <jimmac@gmail.com> | 2014-09-29 14:07:10 +0200 |
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committer | Jakub Steiner <jimmac@gmail.com> | 2014-09-29 14:07:10 +0200 |
commit | 30149dabcf21693c2a29c5c3d669b4a006062e1e (patch) | |
tree | ae7a7378e0b93657e0f7f9cce7a74d1c9f1158ac | |
parent | 088206b26738a928e75924ed750e75dc6816275a (diff) | |
download | gtk+-30149dabcf21693c2a29c5c3d669b4a006062e1e.tar.gz |
Adwaita: provide simple guidelines for theming
- Some simple instructions for future SASS/ruby lovers
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diff --git a/gtk/resources/theme/Adwaita/README b/gtk/resources/theme/Adwaita/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..413cff1c3e --- /dev/null +++ b/gtk/resources/theme/Adwaita/README @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Summary +------- + +* Do not edit the CSS directly, edit the source SCSS files and process them with SASS (run + `/.parse-sass.sh` when you have the required sofwtare installed, as described below) +* To be able to use the lates/adequate version of sass, install ruby, gem, sass & bundle. + On Fedora F20, this is done with `sudo dnf install rubygems && gem install bundle && bundle install` + from the same directory this README resides in. + +How to tweak the theme +---------------------- + +Adwaita is a complex themes, so to keep it maintainable it's written and processed in SASS, the +generated CSS is then transformed into a gresource file during gtk build and used at runtime in a +non-legible or editable form. + +It is very likely your change will happen in the _common.scss file. That's where most of the widget +selectors are defined. Here's a rundown of the "supporting" stylesheets, that are unlikely to be the +right place for a drive by stylesheet fix: + +_colors.scss - global color definitions. We keep the number of defined colors to a necessary minimum, + most colors are derived form a handful of basics. It covers both the light variant and + the dark variant. + +_colors-public.scss - SCSS colors exported through gtk to allow for 3rd party apps color mixing. + +_drawing.scss - drawing helper mixings/functions to allow easier definition of widget drawing under + specific context. This is why Adwaita isn't 15000 LOC. + +_common.scss - actual definitions of style for each widget. This is where you are likely to add/remove + your changes. + +You can read about SASS at http://sass-lang.com/documentation/. Once you make your changes to the +_common.scss file, you can either run the ./parse-sass.sh script or keep SASS watching for changes as you +edit. This is done by running `bundle exec sass --watch --sourcemap=none .` If sass is out of date, or is +missing, you can install it with `bundle install`. |