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Plastikfox is a theme for Mozilla Firefox to make it have the same look as the KDE programs with the Plastik style and the Crystal SVG 1.0 icon set.
ABOUT THE OK AND CANCEL BUTTONS: Firefox 1.5 doesn't have OK and Cancel buttons anymore in the Options dialog but it's possible to enable them again. Just write "about:config" in the address bar, search for the key "browser.preferences.instantApply" and set it to false. The OK and Cancel buttons should be there back again.
BUTTON ORDER: You can reverse the button order in the dialog boxes so they are like in the other KDE applications. Simply click "Reverse button order" to install a patch to activate this feature.
COLOR SCHEME: Plastikfox doesn't follow the KDE color scheme. Remember it's just a theme for Firefox, so it's impossible to do it. It's made with the 'Plastik' color scheme. If you want to change the color scheme you'll have to modify the theme manually. :(
Thanks to Everaldo for his Crystal SVG icon sets. You can get them at:
http://www.everaldo.com
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HOW TO INSTALL
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If you have an older version of the theme, uninstall it before installing a new one.
· Extract the files anywhere you want
· Open the install.html file in Firefox (you don't need to be 'root')
· Click the "Install" button
· Accept when it prompts for the theme installation
· 'Tools' menu - Themes
· Select 'Plastikfox Crystal SVG' and click 'Use this theme'
· Restart Firefox (VERY IMPORTANT!)
· Enjoy!
If you want, you may delete the downloaded files once the theme is installed.
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POLL
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Your opinion counts! I would like to know if you prefer keeping the current icon set or changing the icons to the ones included in KDE 3.5. Please vote here:
http://www.polinux.upv.es/mozilla/encuesta/
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MORE THEMES
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Visit the Mozillux website for more themes for Mozilla and Firefox that make them integrate better in your KDE desktop:
http://www.polinux.upv.es/mozilla/
14 years ago
2006-04-09: Added compatibility with Firefox 1.5.0.1. Fixed the RSS icon in the location bar. The reversed button order works again for all dialogs.
2005-12-06: Added compatibility with Firefox 1.5.
2005-05-14: Added compatibility with the TabX and Tab Mix extensions. Fixed the top border when the tab bar is hidden. Changed the RSS icon. Added the icons in the context menu of the Extensions manager. More bug fixes.
14 years ago
2006-04-09: Added compatibility with Firefox 1.5.0.1. Fixed the RSS icon in the location bar. The reversed button order works again for all dialogs.
2005-12-06: Added compatibility with Firefox 1.5.
2005-05-14: Added compatibility with the TabX and Tab Mix extensions. Fixed the top border when the tab bar is hidden. Changed the RSS icon. Added the icons in the context menu of the Extensions manager. More bug fixes.
ferbrok
14 years ago
I know there's to many changes to FF2.
We'll wait . . .
Your style rules!
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cypherpunk
14 years ago
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porfirio
14 years ago
I love Plastik theme!!
Either i am NOT on linux i am using this theme :p
But this theme is not ready for Firefox2
It works ok, just miss some icons in some new things FF2 have
Like close button on tabs etc
I hope you can fix this soon :D
Firefox itself already use some kde icons
and now that i have CuteMenus Crystal SVG
My firefox really looks like a KDE app on windows :p
i wish someone could do a Plastik Java Look and Feel , i would use it for sure as default skin on a application i am doing!!
I already use the KDE icons :p
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jakamoko
14 years ago
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Conscript89
14 years ago
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djworld
14 years ago
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oermens
14 years ago
also in polyesterfox, the text in menus is too close to the gray bar which has the icons. here is example http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3150/polyesterfoxss8.jpg
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CraigD
14 years ago
...now I just need to play with getting icons on the buttons - but have this controlled via the KDE setting.
If only FireFox were a real Gtk app, then all this would already be done! :-(
(Also having similar problems with OO.o...)
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djworld
14 years ago
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=25478
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CraigD
14 years ago
What I'd like to do is have my QtCurve gtk2 theme control firefox's icons when starting. In the .css files it allows you to access file:/ URLs. But the problem is that I'd need to create a user specific css file (assuming file://~/ does not work), and then also create "disabled" versions of icons etc.
If only FireFox was more intelligent, and could create disabled versions of icons like KDE and Gtk do.
Not really sure if its worth all the hassle - as I mainly use Konqueror, but my wife occasionally uses FireFox...
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CraigD
14 years ago
.dialog-button-box { -moz-box-direction: reverse; -moz-box-pack: right; }
.dialog-button-box spacer { display: none !important; }
...but this no longer works with 1.5.x
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djworld
14 years ago
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CraigD
14 years ago
Also, is there any chance you could create a version of this that uses the installed Gtk theme for the widget look, but still does the icon modifications, button order, etc? That way, using the Qt Gtk engine firefox would then follow the KDE colour scheme...
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djworld
14 years ago
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=32997
To reverse the button order, just copy the file global/preferences-rev.xml from plastikfox.jar to the theme you want and add this at the end of global/global.css:
prefwindow {
-moz-binding: url("chrome://global/skin/preferences-rev.xml#prefwindow") !important;
}
You still need to use the old method too for the dialogs that are not a prefwindow.
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djworld
14 years ago
prefwindow {
-moz-binding: url("preferences-rev.xml#prefwindow") !important;
}
You know the plastikfox.jar file is just a renamed ZIP file, so unzip it and you'll find the .xml file in the "global" subdirectory.
I'm not sure if it will work outside a theme but just try.
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CraigD
14 years ago
What I've done is added:
prefwindow {
-moz-binding: url("file:///usr/share/themes/QtCurve/mozilla/preferences-rev.xml#prefwindow") !important;
}
...and it works!
As this is really your work, do you mind if I bundle the preferences-rev.xml with my QtCurve theme?
...and, on a related note, how did you get the text on pushbuttons, and icons in toolbars, to move when pressed? Is there a similar xml file that I could 'borrow'?
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djworld
14 years ago
To move the text when pressed you have to do it using CSS rules and some property like padding or margin. Add a 1px padding to the right and bottom for normal state and when the button is pressed change that 1px padding to the top and left. For example:
button label {
padding-left: 0px;
padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 1px;
padding-bottom: 1px;
}
button:hover:active label {
padding-left: 1px;
padding-top: 1px;
padding-right: 0px;
padding-bottom: 0px;
}
If you didn't add the padding for the normal status, the button would be made bigger when you clicked it. But that way the size doesn't change and you get the effect you want.
In Plastikfox, take a look at global/button/button-img.css, lines #67 and #175.
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iebo
15 years ago
Fixed release can be downloaded at:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=35350
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iebo
15 years ago
Fixed release can be downloaded at:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=35350
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iebo
15 years ago
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sociolect
15 years ago
Also, if you want to use the QT rather than silly GTK open with/save as dialogs in Firefox, see this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=110353. Not only does it look better, but you can type in the path of the app you want to use to open with instead of being forced to browse and select it.
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iebo
15 years ago
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huahaiy
15 years ago
One problem I find is that some buttons inside a page do not show up as buttons, for example, the "try again" button in "Server not found" page.
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gryphen
15 years ago
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ahiguchi
15 years ago
Just one thing (but this is very important for me). Google toolbar stops working after Plastikfox installed. It doesn’t start searching even when I click the search button. It happens with not only Fifefox 1.0 + previous version’s Plastikfox, but also Firefox 1.5 + Plastikfox alpha.
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