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iKevin

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Registered: 2007-06-07

Posts: 1

Remove the background color for fonts on desktop?

Hi All

Obviously, I am new to xfce.  It is great but I would like to remove the background that is behind the font on my desktop.  The folders and trashcan etc. have names in black font and below that are boxes with rounded corners.  Can I set the color or remove them?

m4mach

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Registered: 2007-06-19

Posts: 2

Re: Remove the background color for fonts on desktop?

Hi
It wasn't easy but I finally found the solution for this background and not only.

You have to localize your gtkrc file. It is somewhere in your current theme directory. For example /usr/share/xfce/gtk-2.0/gtkrc (or in your home directory ~/gtk-2.0/gtkrc) Now edit this file, add this:

style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {

    XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0

    base[NORMAL] = "#00ff00"
    base[SELECTED] = "#5050ff"
    base[ACTIVE] = "#0000ff"

    fg[NORMAL] = "#ff0000"
    fg[SELECTED] = "#ff0000"
    fg[ACTIVE] = "#ff0000"
}

widget_class "*XfdesktopIconView*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"

XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha is for opacity. 0 - transparent, 255 - totally opaque

Now you have to reload the theme.

the rest of options (colors etc.) is explained here:
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/ … files.html
(look for STYLES)

Perlovka

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Registered: 2007-07-13

Posts: 1

Re: Remove the background color for fonts on desktop?

And is there a way to make only base[NORMAL] transparent?