# Gnome Color Chooser

GNOME's color schemes are editable easily via the ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file, but the GNOME color chooser makes this process easier and graphical.

## Installation

Install gnome-color-chooser from the AUR.

## Tips and Tricks

This should be an outline of what each of the fields affect, determined by trial-and-error. Know that this affects the local user's setup and thus this will likely override the related default configurations set by files earlier in the preference list (i.e. /usr/share/ or /etc/).

### Global

     These affect all programs (hence global) that use the current coloring scheme via the GTK interface.

#### Default Normal

These affect standard items that are click and choose or are entirely static.

normal: foreground = standard text; i.e. font color of "Default Configuration"

normal: background = area surrounding standard text; i.e. background color surrounding all the buttons and standard text

hover: foreground = text of selectable items when hovering; i.e. font color of visible drop down menu item, date and time font color during hover

hover: background = background of selectable items when hovering; i.e. drop down menus prior to clicking

selected: foreground = Unknown

selected: background = color of items indicating currently active area; i.e. scrollbars, tab covers

active: forground = text of selectable items that are available (as opposed to the selected item); i.e. not currently selected tabs

active: background = background of selectable items that are available (as opposed to the selected item); i.e. not currently selected tabs

disabled: foreground = text of not selectable items; i.e. typically grayed out selectable items

disabled: background = background of not selectable items; i.e. typically grayed out selectable items

#### Default Entry Fields

These affect areas that require user input.

normal: foreground = fonts/items placed in user input fields; i.e. color of checks in checkboxes, text color in drop-down menu widgets

normal: background = area of the entry field; i.e. background color contained in text boxes, check boxes, etc.

hover: foreground = text of selectable input items when hovering; i.e. drop down menu font items during selection

hover: background = Unknown

selected: foreground = text of currently user-selected item(s); i.e. font of currently selected file in a browser window

selected: background = background of currently user-selected item(s); i.e. highlight of currently selected file in a browser window

active: forground = text of selectable items that are available (as opposed to the selected item); i.e. not currently items in a browser window

active: background = background of selectable items that are available (as opposed to the selected item); i.e. not currently selected items in a browser window

disabled: foreground = text of unavailable user input fields; i.e. unchangeable text box font

disabled: background = background of unavailable user input fields; i.e. unchangeable text box background

### Buttons

These affect the button widgets that are used, such as the standard "Close" and "Apply" buttons as well drop down lists.

#### Buttons

The buttons akin to "Close" and "Apply", the "Go" and "Search" buttons on the left of this page

#### Comboboxes

The visible drop-down menu item.

### Panel

These affect the items in panels that are used by the system (note, not just gnome-panel, but any panels that use the .gtkrc-2.0 file)

#### Panel

These affect standard panel, such as the gnome-panel

#### Start Menu

These affect the Main GNOME Menu, and imaginably other primary menus

### Desktop

These affect the items on the desktop (i.e. the "Computer" icon)

### Specific

#### Window Decoration

These affect the coloring of the window title bars when using the GTK window decorator

#### Scrollbars

These affect the scrollbars used in the GTK applications, such as to the right of this text.

#### Progress Bars

Purportedly, these affect the progress bars used in GTK applications, though none come to mind. Likely requires the GTK window decorator.

#### Tooltips

Likely requires the GTK window decorator, changes the tooltop colors.

#### Links

Likely requires the GTK window decorator, imaginably changes link colors.

### Icons

Allow you to change icon sizes, as of the time of this writing.

### Engines

Advanced: (presumably) Allows you to select "engines" for each subset.

Category:

- Eye candy