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Published: 2011-10-16 01:50:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 172170; Favourites: 202; Downloads: 46501
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If you use Gnome Shell 3.6 or 3.8, please install Elegance Colors instead, and choose the preset Default.---
Elegance is a clean and elegant HUD theme for Gnome Shell.
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Ubuntu users can install Elegance from our themes PPA using the following commands,
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-theme-elegance
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Installation Instructions:
Extract the zip file to the themes directory i.e. "~/.themes/" or "/usr/share/themes/"
Install the User Theme Extension for Gnome Shell [link]
Use Gnome Tweak tool to choose the theme, or run the following commands in Terminal,
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.user-theme name "Elegance"
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Changelog:
05.01.2013 - New style for toggle switches
10.11.2012 - Rebased on latest Elegance Colors
30.09.2012 - Minor fixes
24.09.2012 - New background texture for message tray and lock screen
09.09.2012 - Port to Gnome 3.6
09.06.2012 - Minor changes to improve consistency
29.05.2012 - Code cleanup (removed Gnome Shell 3.2 support), slight modifications
10.05.2012 - Visual fixes, dark style for menu highlight and onscreen keyboard
01.04.2012 - Updated for Gnome Shell 3.4, Many visual enhancements
04.12.2011 - Visual enhancements
03.12.2011 - Increased menu gap from dock
02.12.2011 - Improved look for Window List Extension
20.11.2011 - Added support for Mint Gnome Shell Extensions
03.11.2011 - Misc fixes
02.11.2011 - More apps in grid, some visual refinements
17.10.2011 - Darker application, workspace switchers and window caption, new close button
17.10.2011 - Improved transition effects and new toogle and close buttons
16.10.2011 - Some cosmetic changes
15.10.2011 - Initial Release for Gnome Shell 3.2
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Note:
If you use Gnome Shell 3.4, download the theme from launchpad [link]
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License: GPL
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Comments: 191
Please update for gnome 3.8! This is the only theme which fits perfectly together with my gtk- and icon theme, so I can hardly await an update for my up-to-date gnome installation..
Can I expect it to be updated the next time, or should I switch to another theme instead?
thanks in advance
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You can use Elegance Colors instead [link] , though I'll update this soon
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Ok thanks I'll try it out 
thanks
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Just trial and error. There is really no documentation about it
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Hm thanks for this info 
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Hmm... It shouldn't be. Can you run "elegance-colors start" in a terminal and see if the theme reloads too quickly?
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Tried it, but didn't seem to reload anything.. Command didn't start in background, i had to manually terminate it via [Ctrl+C]. Output:
$ elegance-colors start
[INFO 17:13:32] Starting process
[WARN 17:13:32] 20611 does not seem to be elegance-colors
^C
$
Panel menus etc. are working fine, no lags or something else. But Overview animations are very laggy, sometimes they only consist of 4 frames or less.. I haven't noticed this problem in any other shell themes yet, Elegance for example works fine
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Hmm... If you reduce the transition duration, does it make any difference?
I'm not willing to update any other themes except Elegance Colors since it is a lot of work, and Elegance Colors already provides the same look with more features.
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No, setting all transition durations to zero does not change anything. (exept removing/speeding up animations in menus etc, but this behaviour was expected)
I think I'll try to solve this problem via tuning my ati driver, animations should be more smooth than before, hopefully comparable to the smoothness of Elegance theme without tuning.. But I like your Elegance Colors theme very much, it's the best gs theme I've ever seen, so keep it up
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May be all these customizations make it slower. But I have intel graphics, and it doesn't slow down for me. May be problem with ATI driver.
Anyways, thanks for your support
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Hm thats the problem, it can hardly be a driver problem because Elegance Colors is the only theme where this lags in overview animations occour. I've tested some other themes, all of them work fine, for example this:
[link]
But I'll still keep using your theme, it looks the best
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So it isn't compatible with 3.8 yet?
I was upgrading my ubuntu and gnome this morning, too bad I can't use your beautiful theme yet
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I'll update it soon, may be tonight
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Best theme I've seen for shell. All the other themes always seem to have something weird that really bugs me but this is perfect!
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This is the best theme for GS on Ubuntu Gnome 13.04.
Works well with 3.6, and I will use this version, while extensions will ported to 3.8. But I hope you will update it _after_ 3.8 will be the stable version. So don't hurry.
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Does this work with Ubuntu with unity by any chance?
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I had an issue with border-bottom-width - that 1px space between maximized window and top panel is a out of place and if wallpaper is not solid color in that area it gives strange effect of a little curvaceous line Oo
Fixed it by changing value in gnome-shell.css.
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same here. can you post the fix? thanks!
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Go to '/usr/share/themes/Elegance/gnome-shell' and edit gnome-shell.css and change value in line 'border-bottom-width' to 0px (instead of 1px).
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I prefered it when there was no program icon displayed on the panel. Is it possible in shell 3.6?
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Try Elegance Colors. I forgot to remove the icon while updating and will update another version though.
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Hum, i find no way to set your gdm them up :S (ubuntu gnome shell remix 12.10)
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GDM doesn't support user themes.
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The only problem I see (still on 3.4-have not checked if it persists on 3.6) is that on the calendar when a date has something scheduled it should show differently than the others, while it does not. Otherwise perfect, thanks!
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Ok some suggestion, the little dialog when changing volume still looks as the default gnome-shell theme, the same with the root dialog (to enter yous password for installing and formating stuff) doesn't match the whole theme, for example, when switching the computer off, that dialog has one grey buttons and others black, but not the password dialog. Other thing is the rhythmbox control showed in the new botton bar has always the button 'forward' enabled and looks awfull.
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"the little dialog when changing volume still looks as the default gnome-shell theme"
hmm... it doesn't support much customization except changing color. I don't have any idea how can I improve it, since Elegance is actually a neutral theme with no colors.
About the password dialog and other dialog, the grey buttons are the focused ones. I have to make the focused buttons and entries distinct from others, so if you have any suggestions, then it is welcome.
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Oh i didn't know it. Thanks for replying
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By the way, could you please give me the link to the new texture to make it be showed as a background on the overview? Thanks!
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The texture is in the theme package itself. It is named "noise-texture.png". To use it as a background in overview, you can use the following code,
#overview {
background: #333 url(noise-texture.png);
background-repeat: repeat;
}
Or if you would prefer a transparent overview,
#overview {
background: url(noise-texture.png);
background-repeat: repeat;
}
You can use any color in place of #333 though.
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It worked, looks so much better! Thanks! ^^
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Why not! I recently released an update!
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