Re: Appearance Capplet Ideas

[Thomas Wood <thos gnome org>]

On 09/04/07 16:29, Jens Granseuer wrote:
> On 08.04.2007 21:33, Thomas Wood wrote:
> > On 8 Apr 2007, at 16:40, Jens Granseuer wrote:
> > [...]
> > > 1) putting the metatheme stuff above everything else implies that
> > > saving/choosing a theme there also includes settings like fonts,
> > > background, menus & toolbars which it (usually) does not (and
> > > should not).
> > Why not?
>
> I was mostly thinking about the "options" tab (and, to some extent,
> fonts). Those are settings one chooses for a reason, and I
> wouldn't like themes to randomly go about changing them.

I would imagine that's why they're optional at the moment too. Windows 
98 had a feature in its Desktop Themes application where the user good 
specify which desktop settings should remain untouched:

http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/settings/desktopthemes/win98.png

I'll see if I can fit a similar sort of option into the current 
interface, but it really looks like it would require a separate Desktop 
Themes application.

Regards,

Thomas