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<title>Desktop Theme</title>
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<firstname>Andrew</firstname>
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<surname>Lake</surname></author>
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<date>2010-06-22</date>
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<releaseinfo>&kde; 4.5</releaseinfo>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>System Settings</keyword>
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<keyword>desktop</keyword>
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<keyword>theme</keyword>
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<keyword>plasma</keyword>
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<sect1 id="kcm_desktoptheme">
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<title><guilabel>Theme</guilabel> tab</title>
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<para>A list of available themes is displayed on this tab. Select a theme by clicking on an item in the list.</para>
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<para>Use the <guibutton>Get New Themes</guibutton> button to launch the <guilabel>Get Hot New Stuff</guilabel> dialog and
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download additional themes from the Internet.</para>
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<sect1 id="kcm_desktopthemedetails">
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<title><guilabel>Details</guilabel> tab</title>
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<para>A &kde; plasma desktop theme is made up of several components or items,
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consisting mostly in svg backgrounds and colors schemes. This module allows you
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to customize your desktop Plasma theme and to replace theme items
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with items from other themes or from files.
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<para>Desktop theme items consist in panel theme item, kickoff theme item,
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analog clock, ...</para>
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If you want to change your current theme for a full new theme (for example from
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Air to Glassified) then you can do so in the <guilabel>Theme</guilabel> tab.
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<title>Quick start</title>
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<para>First download one or several themes you want to use to customize your
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desktop items by clicking the <guibutton>Get New Themes...</guibutton>
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button in the <guilabel>Theme</guilabel> tab.</para>
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<para>All the available themes will be displayed on top, the current one being highlighted.</para>
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<para>In the theme list, select a base theme that will be used for most widgets and start
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customizing each item you want to change with a new theme, for example you can
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have the panel in Glassified theme, the widget
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backgrounds in Air and so on.</para>
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<para>Here Air is the theme for most widgets and we changed the panel background
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to Glassified, the Analog clock to Glassified and the Notes to Oxygen.</para>
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<screeninfo>Customizing your plasma theme</screeninfo>
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<imagedata fileref="customizing.png" format="PNG"/>
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<phrase>Customizing your plasma theme</phrase>
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Clicking the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> will create a new theme named
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<guilabel>(Customized)</guilabel> and will apply it to your desktop.
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<title>Creating a custom theme</title>
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<para>When the module is opened, it will show items from the current desktop
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theme. If you would like to start customizing with a different theme, select it
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the drop box above the list of theme items. This theme from the drop box is the
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starting theme, the base for your new customized desktop theme.</para>
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In the list of items, for each item you would like to replace, select
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replacement item from the drop list for that item. You may select the
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corresponding item from another theme, or you may select a file. Plasma
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desktop theme items are svg files, except for the color scheme which is a KDE
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Click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> when all the changes have been made. This
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will create a new theme named <guilabel>(Customized)</guilabel> which you can
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select from the Appearance Settings dialog on the desktop.
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<screeninfo>Your custom theme</screeninfo>
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<imagedata fileref="clicking-apply.png" format="PNG"/>
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<phrase>Customized</phrase>
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The theme items listed are the most visible components of the plasma
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desktop theme. Other theme components are not listed. Your newly created
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theme will use these unlisted components from the theme that you selected at
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the start of creating the customized theme.
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<title>Naming a custom theme</title>
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To provide a name for your customized theme, click on the
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<guilabel>More</guilabel> checkbox and
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enter the name of the theme. You may also provide your name (author), a theme
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version and a description of your theme. Click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>
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<sect2 id="removing">
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<title>Removing a theme</title>
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Select the theme you would like to remove from the drop box above the list of
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theme items. Click on the <guilabel>More</guilabel> check box. Click the
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<guibutton>Remove Theme</guibutton> button to
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remove the selected theme.
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<sect2 id="exporting">
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<title>Exporting a theme to a file</title>
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You can share your newly customized theme with the community by exporting the
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theme to a file. Select your customized theme from the drop box above the list
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of theme items. Click on the <guilabel>More</guilabel> check box. Click the
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<guibutton>Export Theme to
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File...</guibutton>. Enter the name of the zip file to which the theme will be
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