Change Ardour theme

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tripomatic
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Change Ardour theme

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Hi,

Because the ardour3 light time has some mistakes i want to correct it,
meanwhile i want to change some other stuff to.

Now there something i can't find.

If i select a audio/midi/bus track, the track get a blue-purple color. I would like to change it
but i can't find what the name is.

In the theme code, if find this

style "audio_track_base" = "default"
{
font_name = " 8"
# NORMAL is used for single-data type labels, or Audio
# ACTIVE is used for MIDI in the presence of multiple data type
fg[NORMAL] = @ARDOUR_LIGHT_fg
fg[ACTIVE] = darker(@ARDOUR_LIGHT_fg)

bg[NORMAL] = @ARDOUR_LIGHT_audio_track
bg[ACTIVE] = @ARDOUR_LIGHT_bg
bg[PRELIGHT] = @ARDOUR_LIGHT_bg
bg[INSENSITIVE] = @ARDOUR_LIGHT_bg
bg[SELECTED] = @ARDOUR_LIGHT_bg
}

Now, ARDOUR_LIGHT_audio_track is no problem to change and it works.
But i was thinking that when selecting the track it would get the color of ARDOUR_LIGHT_bg but it doesn't.

Does any one has an idea how i can change that color if a track is selected?

Thanks!
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Re: Change Ardour theme

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This is what i've got so far.


This was the light theme that came by ardour3(2880 pixels width)
http://users.telenet.be/sharpside/ardour_light.jpg


This is what i've changed so far.(2880 pixels width)
http://users.telenet.be/sharpside/ardou ... -eigen.jpg


I love to be able to change 'white' color of the plugin frame in the mixer, but it's stuck to the base background color, so i think it has to be changed in source code first.
If a track is selected, the track base color is changing to blue-purple. Would like to change that to, but haven't found it yet how to change.
Want to change the look of the buttons and dropdown menu's, like in the midi track, too but it's probably some gtk theme thing to change and i've have no knowlegde about that.
On the right and bottom side of the midi channels , there's a line. Want to git rid of it, or give it same color as background.
Another mix fader would be nice also. Something like on real hardware mixers, but probably also something in sourcecode i think?

Does anyone has little bit of knowlegde how to change one of those things?:-)

Thank you
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Re: Change Ardour theme

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http://users.telenet.be/sharpside/ardou ... pdate2.jpg


Looks like this right know. Still want to share couple of things but don't know how yet.
i hope to sort it out in the next week...
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