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Theme Settings

This section shows settings that can be set in theme files. They can also be set in preferences file but themes will override the values set there. To override the theme values the settings should be set in prefoverride file. Default values are shown following the equal sign.

  • ThemeAuthor =

    Theme author, e-mail address, credits.

  • ThemeDescription =

    Description of the theme, credits.

  • Gradients =

    List of gradient pixmaps in the current theme.

Borders

The following settings can be set to a numeric value.

  • BorderSizeX = 6

    Left/right border width.

  • BorderSizeY = 6

    Top/bottom border height.

  • DlgBorderSizeX = 2

    Left/right border width of non-resizable windows.

  • DlgBorderSizeY = 2

    Top/bottom border height of non-resizable windows.

  • CornerSizeX = 24

    Width of the window corner.

  • CornerSizeY = 24

    Height of the window corner.

  • TitleBarHeight = 20

    Height of the title bar.

  • TitleBarJustify = 0

    Justification of the window title.

  • TitleBarHorzOffset = 0

    Horizontal offset for the window title text.

  • TitleBarVertOffset = 0

    Vertical offset for the window title text.

  • TitleBarCentered = 0

    Draw window title centered (obsoleted by TitleBarJustify)

  • TitleBarJoinLeft = 0

    Join title*S and title*T

  • TitleBarJoinRight = 0

    Join title*T and title*B

  • ScrollBarX = 16

    Scrollbar width.

  • ScrollBarY = 16

    Scrollbar (button) height.

  • MenuIconSize = 16

    Menu icon size.

  • SmallIconSize = 16

    Dimension of the small icons.

  • LargeIconSize = 32

    Dimension of the large icons.

  • HugeIconSize = 48

    Dimension of the large icons.

  • QuickSwitchHorzMargin = 3

    Horizontal margin of the quickswitch window.

  • QuickSwitchVertMargin = 3

    Vertical margin of the quickswitch window.

  • QuickSwitchIconMargin = 4

    Vertical margin in the quickswitch window.

  • QuickSwitchIconBorder = 2

    Distance between the active icon and it’s border.

  • QuickSwitchSeparatorSize = 6

    Height of the separator between (all reachable) icons and text, 0 to avoid it.

  • ShowMenuButtonIcon = 1

    Show application icon over menu button.

  • TitleButtonsLeft = "s"

    Titlebar buttons from left to right (x=close, m=max, i=min, h=hide, r=rollup, s=sysmenu, d=depth).

  • TitleButtonsRight = "xmir"

    Titlebar buttons from right to left (x=close, m=max, i=min, h=hide, r=rollup, s=sysmenu, d=depth).

  • TitleButtonsSupported = "xmis"

    Titlebar buttons supported by theme (x,m,i,r,h,s,d).

Fonts

The following settings can be set to a string value.

  • TitleFontName = "-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the title bar font.

  • MenuFontName = "-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the menu font.

  • StatusFontName = "-*-monospace-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the status display font.

  • QuickSwitchFontName = "-*-monospace-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the font for Alt+Tab switcher window.

  • NormalButtonFontName = "-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the normal button font.

  • ActiveButtonFontName = "-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the active button font.

  • NormalTaskBarFontName = "-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the normal task bar item font.

  • ActiveTaskBarFontName = "-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the active task bar item font.

  • ToolButtonFontName = "-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the tool button font (fallback: NormalButtonFontName).

  • NormalWorkspaceFontName = "-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the normal workspace button font (fallback: NormalButtonFontName).

  • ActiveWorkspaceFontName = "-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the active workspace button font (fallback: ActiveButtonFontName).

  • MinimizedWindowFontName = "-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the mini-window font.

  • ListBoxFontName = "-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the window list font.

  • ToolTipFontName = "-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the tool tip font.

  • ClockFontName = "-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the task bar clock font.

  • TempFontName = "-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the task bar temperature font.

  • ApmFontName = "-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the task bar battery font.

  • InputFontName = "-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the input field font.

  • LabelFontName = "-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"

    Name of the label font.

When IceWM is configured with --enable-xfreetype, only the settings with “Xft” suffix will be used. They specifiy the font name in fontconfig format:

MenuFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12:bold"

  • TitleFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12"

    Name of the title bar font.

  • MenuFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=10:bold"

    Name of the menu font.

  • StatusFontNameXft = "monospace:size=12:bold"

    Name of the status display font.

  • QuickSwitchFontNameXft = "monospace:size=12:bold"

    Name of the font for Alt+Tab switcher window.

  • NormalButtonFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12"

    Name of the normal button font.

  • ActiveButtonFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12:bold"

    Name of the active button font.

  • NormalTaskBarFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12"

    Name of the normal task bar item font.

  • ActiveTaskBarFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12:bold"

    Name of the active task bar item font.

  • ToolButtonFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12"

    Name of the tool button font (fallback: NormalButtonFontNameXft).

  • NormalWorkspaceFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12"

    Name of the normal workspace button font (fallback: NormalButtonFontNameXft).

  • ActiveWorkspaceFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12"

    Name of the active workspace button font (fallback: ActiveButtonFontNameXft).

  • MinimizedWindowFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12"

    Name of the mini-window font.

  • ListBoxFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12"

    Name of the window list font.

  • ToolTipFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12"

    Name of the tool tip font.

  • ClockFontNameXft = "monospace:size=12"

    Name of the task bar clock font.

  • TempFontNameXft = "monospace:size=12"

    Name of the task bar temperature font.

  • ApmFontNameXft = "monospace:size=12"

    Name of the task bar battery font.

  • InputFontNameXft = "monospace:size=12"

    Name of the input field font.

  • LabelFontNameXft = "sans-serif:size=12"

    Name of the label font.

Colors

  • ColorDialog = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of dialog windows.

  • ColorNormalBorder = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Border of inactive windows.

  • ColorActiveBorder = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Border of active windows.

  • ColorNormalButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of regular buttons.

  • ColorNormalButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of regular buttons.

  • ColorActiveButton = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"

    Background of pressed buttons.

  • ColorActiveButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of pressed buttons.

  • ColorNormalTitleButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of titlebar buttons.

  • ColorNormalTitleButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of titlebar buttons.

  • ColorToolButton = ""

    Background of toolbar buttons, ColorNormalButton is used if empty.

  • ColorToolButtonText = ""

    Textcolor of toolbar buttons, ColorNormalButtonText is used if empty.

  • ColorNormalWorkspaceButton = ""

    Background of workspace buttons, ColorNormalButton is used if empty.

  • ColorNormalWorkspaceButtonText = ""

    Textcolor of workspace buttons, ColorNormalButtonText is used if empty.

  • ColorActiveWorkspaceButton = ""

    Background of the active workspace button, ColorActiveButton is used if empty.

  • ColorActiveWorkspaceButtonText = ""

    Textcolor of the active workspace button, ColorActiveButtonText is used if empty.

  • ColorNormalTitleBar = "rgb:80/80/80"

    Background of the titlebar of regular windows.

  • ColorNormalTitleBarText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of the titlebar of regular windows.

  • ColorNormalTitleBarShadow = ""

    Textshadow of the titlebar of regular windows.

  • ColorActiveTitleBar = "rgb:00/00/A0"

    Background of the titlebar of active windows.

  • ColorActiveTitleBarText = "rgb:FF/FF/FF"

    Textcolor of the titlebar of active windows.

  • ColorActiveTitleBarShadow = ""

    Textshadow of the titlebar of active windows.

  • ColorNormalMinimizedWindow = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background for mini icons of regular windows.

  • ColorNormalMinimizedWindowText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor for mini icons of regular windows.

  • ColorActiveMinimizedWindow = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"

    Background for mini icons of active windows.

  • ColorActiveMinimizedWindowText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor for mini icons of active windows.

  • ColorNormalMenu = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of pop-up menus.

  • ColorNormalMenuItemText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of regular menu items.

  • ColorActiveMenuItem = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"

    Background of selected menu item, leave empty to force transparency.

  • ColorActiveMenuItemText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of selected menu items.

  • ColorDisabledMenuItemText = "rgb:80/80/80"

    Textcolor of disabled menu items.

  • ColorDisabledMenuItemShadow = ""

    Shadow of regular menu items.

  • ColorMoveSizeStatus = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of move/resize status window.

  • ColorMoveSizeStatusText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of move/resize status window.

  • ColorQuickSwitch = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of the quick switch window.

  • ColorQuickSwitchText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor in the quick switch window.

  • ColorQuickSwitchActive = ""

    Rectangle arround the active icon in the quick switch window.

  • ColorDefaultTaskBar = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of the taskbar.

  • ColorNormalTaskBarApp = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background for task buttons of regular windows.

  • ColorNormalTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor for task buttons of regular windows.

  • ColorActiveTaskBarApp = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"

    Background for task buttons of the active window.

  • ColorActiveTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor for task buttons of the active window.

  • ColorMinimizedTaskBarApp = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"

    Background for task buttons of minimized windows.

  • ColorMinimizedTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor for task buttons of minimized windows.

  • ColorInvisibleTaskBarApp = "rgb:80/80/80"

    Background for task buttons of windows on other workspaces.

  • ColorInvisibleTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor for task buttons of windows on other workspaces.

  • ColorScrollBar = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"

    Scrollbar background (sliding area).

  • ColorScrollBarSlider = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of the slider button in scrollbars.

  • ColorScrollBarButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of the arrow buttons in scrollbars.

  • ColorScrollBarArrow = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of the arrow buttons in scrollbars (obsolete).

  • ColorScrollBarButtonArrow = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Color of active arrows on scrollbar buttons.

  • ColorScrollBarInactiveArrow = "rgb:80/80/80"

    Color of inactive arrows on scrollbar buttons.

  • ColorListBox = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of listboxes.

  • ColorListBoxText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor in listboxes.

  • ColorListBoxSelection = "rgb:80/80/80"

    Background of selected listbox items.

  • ColorListBoxSelectionText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of selected listbox items.

  • ColorToolTip = "rgb:E0/E0/00"

    Background of tooltips.

  • ColorToolTipText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of tooltips.

  • ColorLabel = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"

    Background of labels, leave empty to force transparency.

  • ColorLabelText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of labels.

  • ColorInput = "rgb:FF/FF/FF"

    Background of text entry fields (e.g. the addressbar).

  • ColorInputText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Textcolor of text entry fields (e.g. the addressbar).

  • ColorInputSelection = "rgb:80/80/80"

    Background of selected text in an entry field.

  • ColorInputSelectionText = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Selected text in an entry field.

  • ColorClock = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Background of non-LCD clock, leave empty to force transparency.

  • ColorClockText = "rgb:00/FF/00"

    Background of non-LCD monitor.

  • ColorApm = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Background of APM monitor, leave empty to force transparency.

  • ColorApmText = "rgb:00/FF/00"

    Textcolor of APM monitor.

  • ColorApmBattary = "rgb:FF/FF/00"

    Color of APM monitor in battery mode.

  • ColorApmLine = "rgb:00/FF/00"

    Color of APM monitor in line mode.

  • ColorApmGraphBg = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Background color for graph mode.

  • ColorCPUStatusUser = "rgb:00/FF/00"

    User load on the CPU monitor.

  • ColorCPUStatusSystem = "rgb:FF/00/00"

    System load on the CPU monitor.

  • ColorCPUStatusInterrupts = "rgb:FF/FF/00"

    Interrupts on the CPU monitor.

  • ColorCPUStatusIoWait = "rgb:60/00/60"

    IO Wait on the CPU monitor.

  • ColorCPUStatusSoftIrq = "rgb:00/FF/FF"

    Soft Interrupts on the CPU monitor.

  • ColorCPUStatusNice = "rgb:00/00/FF"

    Nice load on the CPU monitor.

  • ColorCPUStatusIdle = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Idle (non) load on the CPU monitor, leave empty to force transparency.

  • ColorCPUStatusSteal = "rgb:FF/8A/91"

    Involuntary Wait on the CPU monitor.

  • ColorCPUStatusTemp = "rgb:60/60/C0"

    Temperature of the CPU.

  • ColorMEMStatusUser = "rgb:40/40/80"

    User program usage in the memory monitor.

  • ColorMEMStatusBuffers = "rgb:60/60/C0"

    OS buffers usage in the memory monitor.

  • ColorMEMStatusCached = "rgb:80/80/FF"

    OS cached usage in the memory monitor.

  • ColorMEMStatusFree = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Free memory in the memory monitor.

  • ColorNetSend = "rgb:FF/FF/00"

    Outgoing load on the network monitor.

  • ColorNetReceive = "rgb:FF/00/FF"

    Incoming load on the network monitor.

  • ColorNetIdle = "rgb:00/00/00"

    Idle (non) load on the network monitor, leave empty to force transparency.

  • ColorApmBattery = rgb:FF/FF/00

    Color of APM monitor in battery mode.

Desktop Background

The following options are used by icewmbg:

  • DesktopBackgroundCenter = 0

    Display desktop background centered and not tiled. (set to 0 or 1).

  • DesktopBackgroundScaled = 0

    Resize desktop background to full screen.

  • DesktopBackgroundColor = ""

    Color(s) of the desktop background.

  • DesktopBackgroundImage = ""

    Image(s) for desktop background. If you want IceWM to ignore the desktop background image / color set both DesktopBackgroundColor and DesktopBackgroundImage to an empty value (“”).

  • SupportSemitransparency = 1

    Support for semitransparent terminals like Eterm or gnome-terminal.

  • DesktopTransparencyColor = ""

    Color(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.

  • DesktopTransparencyImage = ""

    Image(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.

  • DesktopBackgroundMultihead = 0

    Paint the background image over all multihead monitors combined.

Task Bar Style

  • TaskBarClockLeds = 1

    Display clock using LCD style pixmaps.

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