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Asked: 2011-03-27 14:26:17 +0800 CST

How to fix the Google desktop logo in the notification area?

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Related: Google desktop logo looks bad

In my previous question I was helped to solve this appearance problem, thought this is solved:

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I still don't really like how it looks since the white contrasts too much.

Is it possible to change this image, so that it looks like this:

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Thanks @desgua for the artwork

I do clarify that I just want in working for this (enter image description here) background color.

Thanks in advance!

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2 Answers

  1. I had this issue too, but fpoehler ( http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1174921 ) solved it here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1466473&page=4 .

    " The themes that work should be the ones which have the same panel background as normal application windows. That's why the problem is not apparent there. However, newer themes often use a different color or a background image for the panel.

    The fix is to apply the panel's properties (background color or background image) to GtkPlug widget class, which is not considered in most stock themes.

    Steps:
    1) Find out your panel's background color or the path to its background image (in case it has one).
    For the color the hexadecimal value is needed (e.g. "#A1B2C3).
    The image in most cases resides in /usr/share/themes/<Your_Theme's_Name>/gtk-2.0/ or a subfolder of that.

    For Radiance theme it is

    /usr/share/themes/Radiance/gtk-2.0/apps/img/panel.png

    2) (In case there is a background image) copy the background image to your home folder (or a subfolder of your home folder).
    3) Open (or create) the file named ".gtkrc-2.0" in your home folder.
    4) Copy the following into the file:

    style "GoogleDesktopIconFix" {
    # In case your panel has a background image, add this line
    bg_pixmap[NORMAL] = "subfolder/panel.png"     # replace "panel.png" with the actual file name or (relative) path

    #In case your panel has no background image, add this line
    bg[NORMAL] = "#000000"              # replace "#000000" with your color value
}
class "*oPlug"    style "GoogleDesktopIconFix"



    5) Open a terminal and type
    Code:

    pkill gnome-panel
    "

    Results:
    (color)                                                  (Background)

    ps.: if it doesn't work:
    1) Change class "*oPlug" for class "GtkPlug"
    2) Put the "relative" path to the background (example: if I put the background image at "~/gdesk/panel.png" I had to put the path "gdesk/panel.png")

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  2. Try this. It's under Post #36 by fpoehler. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1466473&page=4

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