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SubGeniux · Mar 22, 2003, 05:17 PM

hey all,

do any of you if it's possible to change just the toolbar/status bar bacxk to the thicker striped theme that was in 10.0? i only want to do that and nothing ele, is it possible with one of the theme changer thingys?

cheers for any help

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Jasoco · Mar 22, 2003, 09:08 PM

It is if someone makes a theme like that.

Someone just needs to use Themepark to edit the 10.2 version of Extras.rsrc by replacing the Menu graphics with those from a 10.0 Extras.rsrc.

I don't have the 10.0 file so I can't do it.

If someone has 10.0 and 10.2 installed (Not very likely) they could maybe do it.

zachs · Mar 22, 2003, 09:31 PM

I've got my 10.0 CD handy.
Gimme a bit and I'll do it.

BTW, what is the resource
number for the menu background?
I can find it if nobody knows.

Jasoco · Mar 22, 2003, 09:35 PM

Um.. according to a 10.2 theme the resources are:

2028 (Caps)
2029 (Fill)

Then there are a bunch of "Center" resources which are the Apple logo. Two blues and a graphite.

Are you using THemePark? They're named. Just use the filter in the center column to show "menu".

Of course, that's 10.2.. I THINK it was the same numbers in 10.0 as it still calls the Apple "Menu Center" from when it was in the middle in 10.0.

zachs · Mar 22, 2003, 10:29 PM

Download the Extras.rsrc file at:
http://www.kahloz.net/zachs/Extras.sit

Then place it in:
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemIcons.bundle/Contents/Resources
(You'll need root access.)

**Make sure you make a backup**

Jasoco · 02:35 AM

Better yet. I'll make it easier for ya...

BTW, why is he putting it in there? That's not where the Extras.rsrc file belongs.

Open your Terminal and enter these two commands.

First make the backup:

Code:
sudo cp /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/extras.rsrc ~/desktop/extrasbackup.rsrc

Then download that file to the desktop. Make sure it's named "Extras.rsrc" and enter this command to copy it to the correct place:

Code:
sudo cp ~/desktop/extras.rsrc /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources

I don't know if you can use Sudo without having Root enabled or what have you.
But try it anyway.

When you get the new file copied in there, test it by immediately launching an application like TextEdit or something. If it launches correctly you should see the new menubar.
If not, immediately delete the new "Extras.rsrc" from the desktop and rename the backup file to "Extras.rsrc" and run the second command again to get the old look back.

Edit: PS, after looking at that new Extras.rsrc file, the only thing that looks changed was the Apple. The menubar graphics don't look any different.

SubGeniux · Mar 23, 2003, 05:35 AM

cheers guys, that helps a lot,i'm going to give it a try, i've got al my disks from 10.0 so will give this a try.
thanks again

SubGeniux · Mar 23, 2003, 05:54 AM

i forgot to ask, i tried that out and the menubar did change, but i was wonndering if it was possible to change the statusbar/toolbar in finder windows to the 10 .0 version

thanks again

Jasoco · Mar 23, 2003, 05:59 AM

What's different between the Finder Toolbars?

Unles you mean how they are in the Beta, then the answer is no. They can not look like buttons.

If you do mean 10.0, there is no difference..

Edit: Oh.. I see what you mean, yes it is darker. But changing that would require someone nowing exactly what pattern resource to change. I have no idea at all. There's so many of them with different darkness versions each. It makes you wonder what patterns are used where.

SubGeniux · Mar 23, 2003, 06:05 AM

em, i remember in 10.0 that the finder toolbar/status bar was much darker, had thicker lines. a bit like the lines that apear on the mainpart of other windows , like the background to prefernce panesin systemprefs or texedit

Jasoco · Mar 23, 2003, 06:10 AM

Yes. But someone needs to find out which pattern resource the Finder uses for its toolbar. There's a million of them. Many look the same.

It'd take a lot of work to find the right one.

SubGeniux · Mar 23, 2003, 06:19 AM

aah, you're right, all that to mmake my finder window a bit more pretty, lol

p.s. how do i gop about looking for the pattern resources in X

cheers again

Jasoco · Mar 23, 2003, 06:26 AM

Originally posted by SubGeniux:
aah, you're right, all that to mmake my finder window a bit more pretty, lol

p.s. how do i gop about looking for the pattern resources in X

cheers again

Extras.rsrc.. use ThemePark from GeekSpiff.

Look at all the "ppat" resources.

SubGeniux · Mar 23, 2003, 09:56 AM

thanks for that, i've just downloaded it. will give it a bash, probably end making the finder loook like a commodore 64

SubGeniux · Mar 23, 2003, 10:46 AM

i did it, managed to find the ppat thingh and changed it, i now have my finder windows looking like 10.0, cheers everyone

Jasoco · Mar 23, 2003, 04:06 PM

Good! Glad we could help.

SubGeniux · Mar 23, 2003, 04:12 PM

yay, cheers for your help jasoco, and everyone else, it seems so trivial too, but i'm a tinkerer. lol

Jasoco · Mar 23, 2003, 04:16 PM

Hey, I love customizing my OS! It's my life!

I'm working on a Theme right now and if I do say so myself, it is looking really nice right now. Preview coming later on in the Forum.

BTW.. Which resource was it containing the Toolbar graphic? So I can remember for the future. I'd like to know which patterns go where. I think someone had a guide on this site at one point now that I think of it. I'll go look for it.

smeger · Mar 23, 2003, 07:34 PM

There's an extremely limited guide to doing this stuff on my site. But I don't have any info about which ppats do what. I'd love to fill in that section of the tutorial if people have any info for me.

Jasoco · Mar 23, 2003, 09:18 PM

I was thinking of one day working on figuring much of it out. Just by slowly one at a time replacing a pattern with a bright color, then hunting it down seeing where it shows up.

But that'll take a LOT of work.

smeger · Mar 24, 2003, 12:05 AM

Originally posted by Jasoco:
I was thinking of one day working on figuring much of it out. Just by slowly one at a time replacing a pattern with a bright color, then hunting it down seeing where it shows up.

But that'll take a LOT of work.

You could speed things up by replacing 'em all at once with a whole bunch of different bright colors.

Jasoco · Mar 24, 2003, 12:13 AM

I was gonna do that anyway. It's still really slow. Between Photoshops huge pause between switching apps and ThemePark's huge pause between selecting different items, it'll take forever.

SubGeniux · Mar 24, 2003, 10:53 AM

hey Jasoco. I know, I've kinda left yhe X interface as it is, I like it a ot, but now and again I get the urge to muck around, it is fun.

The resource for changing the statusbar/toolbar is: 2114 under the ppat menu, I used themepark to change the extras.rsrc file.

looking forward to seeing your theme.

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