subskins tweaks faqs bugs credits

Eurynome  
  originally named Orb Colours Classic (OCC)
  SeaMonkey theme by inconnu   www.incognu.com
  Version:  20060718-1

license: GPL

A matching window icon pack by Jeff Lee (jtek) is available.

Two stylesheets are available for this about page; to switch, use "View > Use Style"

Subskins
Numerous subskins are included. To use them, put the appropriate line in your userChrome.css, before the namespace line. (Scrollbar subskins also require the import line in userContent.css. Do not add the namespace line to your userContent.css.)
















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userChrome.css tweaks

native-look dropmarker in message compose addressing widget (this may not always work, especially in Windows)

.menulist-compact > .menulist-label-box > .menulist-icon {
  -moz-appearance: menulist-button !important;
}

change text style in tabs: make the text on all tabs, including unread, normal

#content tab {
   font-style: normal !important;
}

change text style in tabs: make selected tab text bold

tab[selected="true"] {
   font-weight: bold !important;
}

correct visual bug in page-proxy-favicon when using geramik, thingeramik gtk2 style

#page-proxy-deck { margin: 4px 1px 3px 3px !important; }

Don't show unneeded component bar icons
The integration of SeaMonkey is great, but there are some components you may not need the component bar icons for.  Use only the parts of the following you need:

#mini-nav, /* the navigator icon */
#mini-mail, / *the mail icon */
#mini-comp, / *the composer icon */
#mini-addr, / *the addressbook icon */
#mini-irc, / *the chatzilla icon */
#mini-cal / *the calendar icon */ {
   display: none !important;
}

Hide component bar buttons, but show them when hovered
You can save statusbar space by using the following code. It will hide the taskbarbuttons within the component bar, but show them when hovered. The component bar will be present as a small (about 10 px wide) blank statusbarpanel.

#component-bar > .taskbutton {
   display: none;
}

#component-bar:hover > .taskbutton {
   display: -moz-box;
}

If you like, you can show only the mail (or other) button normally, and show the others on hover:

#component-bar > .taskbutton {
   display: none;
}

#component-bar > #mini-mail {
   display: -moz-box;
}

#component-bar:hover > .taskbutton {
   display: -moz-box;
}

You can also specify the height of the component bar, so it doesn't increase in height a few pixels when hovered. This will vary from theme to theme, though, so may not be desirable. In any case, it's only needed if you normally show no taskbarbuttons at all; if you show at least one normally, the height will be static.

#component-bar {
   min-height: 24px;
}

Or, you can hide the component bar completely, but show it when the statusbar is hovered:

statusbar > #component-bar {
   display: none;
}

statusbar:hover > #component-bar {
   display: -moz-box;
}

You can also specify the minimum height of the statusbar:

statusbar {
   min-height: 24px;
}

Again, this setting will vary from theme to theme.

For all these, it's also possible to specify only one component window, or have different settings for different component windows. For example, for mail, you can use this to show the component bar always:

#messengerWindow > statusbar > #component-bar {
   display: -moz-box;
}

And you can specify the navigator's statusbar with the following:

#main-window > statusbar > #component-bar

The Dom Inspector will quickly give you information about other component windows.

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Bugs

When changing from text-only to pictures + text mode, the text for the Go and Search buttons is incorrectly placed above, rather than below, the button icons.   Closing and re-opening SeaMonkey corrects this, as does opening a new SeaMonkey navigator window. But the easiest way is to simply press F11 (full screen) twice (may not always work).   (Thanks to Laurence for that tip.) 
In initially developing Nereid and OCC, I encountered this and spent some time seeking a solution, in vain;   therefore, I've marked it as "won't fix." > ;7)~~   However, if someone finds a solution which doesn't change the appearance of the icons, they're welcome to submit it. It could be that the solution just requires a fresh perspective.

The trunk is undergoing numerous changes which may break this and other themes. Thus, it may not work with some 1.5a nightly builds. As of c 20060625, changes on the trunk have begun to make this theme incompatible with nightly trunk builds (1.5a). 1.5a builds are not supported.

I only develop and test in GNU/Linux (Debian stable) with KDE and gtk2, so I don't see bugs which are specific to another OS.   Duplicating a bug is a big part of fixing it;  this can make fixes for OS-specific bugs problematic.  When reporting a bug, make sure you mention any subskins you're using, as well as the version of SeaMonkey; also, make sure you have the most recent version of the theme).

There are a very few items in the menuicons subskin for which a language-independent id, command, etc isn't available; these may not work correctly in all languages.

The round tabs subskins may not work when using various tab extensions, although there is now partial support for TBE and Multizilla.

gtk-qt engine and applying kde / qt styles to gtk apps
There are some bugs with this, which I haven't been able to resolve. Some problems seem to originate with the gtk-qt engine. When a theme uses some native widgets (menulist-dropmarker, autocomplete-history-dropmarker, and radio, in particular) and these styles are used, xsession errors result. For example, you may see this in the terminal or .xsession-errors:

 This may also cause instability and crashes in some cases.  Use at your own risk.  Most likely, if you can apply those styles while using Classic, you can apply them with OCC, with one exception:  the scrollbar subskins:

The scrollbar subskins can crash SeaMonkey when used in conjunction with some gtk styles, or when kde styles are applied to gtk apps.  Known styles that crash SeaMonkey when using the scrollbar subskins include cleanice, cleanice dark, and qt.  Known styles that work okay with the subskins include smoothline and default.  The following, saved as crashme.css in the chrome directory of your profile, and called with @import url("crashme.css"); in both userChrome.css and userContent.css, can crash SM when native scrollbars are used in the theme, and KDE styles applied:

At first I thought this was a problem with SeaMonkey, but it seems the problem is more with the gtk-qt-engine.  Konsole errors of the same sort occur with other gtk apps as well, when using this engine.  The latest version suggests a userChrome.css / userContent.css patch for scrollbars, which removes the up-down scrollbarbutton.  Using that will result in a truncated bottom / right scrollbarbutton set when using the themed scrollbarbutton subskins, and is not supported by this theme's non-native scrollbar subskins. So, if you use that userfiles patch when applying kde / qt styles, you may wish to comment it out if you change gtk styles, and apply a scrollbar subskin.

The native-look for the urlbar dropmarker may not work correctly in Mac OS X. If not, use the non-native urlbar-dropmarker subskin.

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Description and Credits
(This theme is for SeaMonkey only, not for Mozilla Suite 1.7.x or earlier.  Developed using SeaMonkey 1.0b, with additional work using 1.0 and 1.1a.  Because of changes to SeaMonkey on the trunk, this theme may not work correctly with 1.5a nightlies.  As of c 20060625, changes on the trunk have begun to make this theme incompatible with nightly trunk builds (1.5a). No attempt is made to support 1.5a builds.)
See bugs.

Eurynome was originally called Orb Colours Classic, or OCC, and is loosely based on the Classic theme, adapting Orbit icons taken primarily from the Orbit Retro (1.7) theme.  The icons have been altered in colour from the uniform pumpkin-orange.  Some have been additionally altered. Orbit Retro was created by Chris Neale and updated by Scarrow. Some icon work also based on Orbit Orbit 3+1 1.8b2 MiK (Chris Neale and Michael Kunz, based on Kent Thuresson's Orbit 3.)
Taskbar, Mail folderpane and threadpane, and some other icons also use some images adapted from the original Classic and Modern themes.

Code for the menuicons subskin adapted from CatThief's Mostly Crystal theme's subskins.  Additional code for non-language specific support also from CatThief's updated Mostly Crystal, used with her kind permission.

Throbbers made from the submission for the current SeaMonkey artwork, as well as from the current throbbers.

I created the emoticon set using features based mostly on the old Classic emoticons and somewhat on Chatzilla's set;  I tried to use the same colours and gradient for the background which was in the earlier emoticon set based on TwoSouls Emoticons by TwoSouls, from kde-look.org.

Image editing done with the GIMP (and a bit with Inkscape) on Debian GNU/Linux.

Many of the features in the subskins were suggested by various members of the SeaMonkey community.  Thanks for the time they've spent testing and making suggestions for improvement and new features.

Classic has been further altered in several ways.  Although I started out with the Classic theme as a base, and many of the stylesheets still are  mostly Classic, I changed many elements along the way, particularly in the treatment of borders, toolbarbuttons, and toolboxes. I try to keep a somewhat native appearance in the main theme, while providing options for non-native "eye-candy" with the subskins.

Eurynome (originally Orb Colours Classic / OCC) SeaMonkey Theme is
   Copyright (C) 2006 inconnu: contact at www.incognu.com incognu@incognu.com

    Eurynome is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    Eurynome is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

A plain text copy of the GPL is included: chrome://global/skin/gpl.txt

As a matter of courtesy only, I ask that you not re-release your version of Eurynome as my Eurynome SeaMonkey theme, as long as I am continuing to provide updates for it and maintain compatibility with the current release of SeaMonkey. One obvious reason for this is that, by downloading Eurynome from my site, users can be sure they are getting the most current version of my theme. Should I not continue to maintain this theme, please feel free to maintain it yourself, and distribute your updated versions.
In any event, this request should not be construed as limiting your rights under the GPL, or altering in any way the terms under which this theme is released.
You are free to use this theme as a basis for your own, or to modify and port it to other applications. However, if you do so, you must keep and observe the GPL license! Moreover, you should keep the appropriate credits, where applicable, in the license blocks intact.

To learn more about the GPL and Free software, please visit the Free Software Foundation and GNU.

Contact info: incognu[at]incognu[dot]com
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