gtk2/gtk/theme/Adwaita
2020-09-15 12:18:55 +02:00
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assets
_colors-public.scss Adwaita: add public color for text views 2020-08-07 18:58:32 +02:00
_colors.scss Adwaita: update tango color for DND 2020-09-15 12:18:55 +02:00
_common.scss Merge branch 'wip/jimmac/navlist-expander-whitespace' into 'master' 2020-09-14 12:59:05 +00:00
_drawing.scss *: Fix spelling mistakes found by codespell 2020-08-21 15:29:34 +02:00
Adwaita-dark.scss
Adwaita.scss
assets.svg
assets.txt
gtk-dark.css
gtk.css
meson.build
README
render-assets.sh

Summary
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* To be able to use the latest/adequate version of sass, install sassc
* meson will regenerate the CSS every time you modify the SCSS files.
* Note that meson always builds out-of-tree, so the modified css files will
  appear in your builddir.

How to tweak the theme
----------------------

Adwaita is a complex theme, so to keep it maintainable it's written and
processed in SASS. The generated CSS is then transformed into a gresource file
during gtk build and used at runtime in a non-legible or editable form.

It is very likely your change will happen in the _common.scss file. That's where
all the widget selectors are defined. Here's a rundown of the "supporting"
stylesheets, that are unlikely to be the right place for a drive by stylesheet
fix:

_colors.scss        - global color definitions. We keep the number of defined
                      colors to a necessary minimum, most colors are derived
                      from a handful of basics. It covers both the light variant
                      and the dark variant.

_colors-public.scss - SCSS colors exported through gtk to allow for 3rd party
                      apps color mixing.

_drawing.scss       - drawing helper mixings/functions to allow easier
                      definition of widget drawing under specific context. This
                      is why Adwaita isn't 15000 LOC.

_common.scss        - actual definitions of style for each widget. This is
                      where you are likely to add/remove your changes.
                      
You can read about SASS at http://sass-lang.com/documentation/. Once you make
your changes to the _common.scss file, GTK will rebuild the CSS files.