On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 19:35 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote: > On 01/05/06, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 12:48 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote: > > Hey lads, > > > > My background image is mostly black, and I have the > gnome-panel color > > set to transparent most of the time, or when its a solid > color, its > > black, so I have a problem, which is that all gnome applets > [clock, > > weather, etc] use a black font to print their text, which > obviously, > > doesn't show on the black panel... > > > > So is there some way I can edit the font the panel-applets > use to > > display text [say turn it into white for example] so that I > can easily > > read them on my black panel? > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > A. Helmy > > > Ali, > > Good morning, sorry to hear that the auto hide failed to > stick, not sure > what that's all about. > > I had the same problem concerning the applet font colors. I > did some > googling and came up with this: > > create a file called .gtkrc-2.0 in your home directory that > contains: > > style "panel_color" > { > fg[NORMAL] = "#b4ff7b" > } > widget "*PanelWidget*" style "panel_color" > widget "*PanelApplet*clock*" style "panel_color" > > > I could not find the specific resources, thus the wild > cards. The color > definition is slightly green of yellow. I used one of the > color-picker > apps to get the value. > > You'll need to log off and back on to see the changes. > > Bob... > > > Thanks for the help mate, but... what should I insert instead of the > wild cards? > > -- > Cheers, > A. Helmy Ali, I could not find the specific resources, but *PanelWidget* and *PanelApplet*clock* get the clock applet and the items next to the the Red Hat. See attached. Is this what you're trying to do? Bob...
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