I’ve been experimenting with re-creating the Windows 7 look and feel in Gtk using CSS. It looks super realistic now that Blur My Shell exists!

Please feel free to download the demo off my github and give it a spin! Also, if anyone would like to help with porting some widgets I’d be very greatful! There is quite a lot that I haven’t yet managed to style.

  • sajran@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The fact that I hate how this looks is a sign that you did a fantastic job immitating the original.

  • Hexarei@programming.dev
    2·
    1 year ago

    One thing I always noticed with any of these windows 7 themes is the notable lack of the aero glass texture - aka the diagonal lines that show up atop the aero window effect.

    It’s so subtle, but the only way I was ever able to get it working in a Linux environment was with (I think) Emerald and Compiz back in the day. Would be curious to know how possible that is with modern theme engines

    • subarctictundra@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      Oh, I think that would actually be quite easy to implement. I have full control over how the windows look because they’re decorated on the client-side with a custom Gtk widget library.

    • subarctictundra@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thanks! Yeah it’s just a normal GTK app that runs under Gnome.
      Edit: not entirely normal. There’s custom widgets for the orbs and titlebars.

  • pfc@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    Amazed. So realistic. Can we see this theme in full action with taskbar, icons…?