Desktop Themes

[Jaroslav Reznik]

On Monday 02 of February 2009 09:05:16 Anne Wilson wrote:
> I've not used desktop themes particularly in the past, but in 4.2 I really
> dislike the heavy black panel, so that caused me to experiment.  I was
> surprised, though, at what I found.
>
> On my Mandriva laptop, installing the Naked theme gave me widget
> transparency, although the handles still remain black.  The panel is
> semi-transparent. Overall the look is very pleasing.
>
> On my Fedora 10 netbook, the same theme gives me different results. 
> Widgets are again transparent, but this time the handles are transparent
> too.  The panel, however, remains hideously black.
>
> Why does the theme display differently on different distros?  Is it
> possible to adapt the theme so that I can get a transparent panel?
>
> Anne

Hi Anne,
panel is transparent when desktop effects are enabled (4.2. on F10). I like it 
how does it look but my friend sent me Vista screenshot - with subject "Vista 
copy" and it really looks like copy of Vista's panel... 

Jaroslav

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