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Leaf Visual Style for Windows7
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Published: 2011-03-02 05:35:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 504000; Favourites: 1540; Downloads: 163158
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Get my latest Windows 10 themes: gumroad.com/dpcdpc11The much awaited Leaf Visual Style for Windows 7 is here!
6 SUBTHEMES INCLUDED: top, top-small-fonts, bottom, bottom-small-fonts + an extra variation of the bottom versions: Bottom Flat (normal and small fonts)!!!! Plus the same cool versions have now a new variation with changed window caption buttons!
View in action here: dpcdpc11.deviantart.com/art/Fr…
Note: if you like this theme, would you be willing to donate a mere 0.5€ as a symbol of your appreciation for me? If you are interested please click here: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?…
UPDATE 14:
- NEW VARIATIONS!!! I've got bored of the caption buttons so I made another set of caption buttons which come as a extra versions of the same styles as before. Hope you like them! You can check'em out in a fresh screenshot here: dpcdpc11.deviantart.com/art/Le…
UPDATE 13:
- fixed the height of the All Programs section in Start Menu
UPDATE 12:
- another annoying bug that gave me 2 sleepless nights is finally fixed! I'm talking about the exaggerated height of menu and toolbar in Open and Libre Office. Users... enjoy!
UPDATE 11:
- the much awaited fix for the autoscroll mouse cursor in Firefox is here! It was the damn tooltip PNG in Explorer causing all the hassle. Glad I've finally fixed it! Still trying to fix the huge height of the button/toolbar of Open/Libre Office 3.3
UPDATE 10:
- finally fixed the More Options popup menu in Explorer. Thanks to solmiler
UPDATE 9:
- changed the selected item image in explorer and also the text color from white to black. The white text color was the same as in the details of items when searching in windows explorer which was pretty annoying, for someone using windows explorer.
- I've included another version in the package: bottom flat. What's that all about? It's a previous version of the taskbar which I like and kept alive. It's flat like you guessed and does not have that inner dark gradient that the normal version has. This works perfect on flat minimalistic wallpapers!
UPDATE 8:
- finally fixed the buggy display of fonts in microsoft office 2010 tabs. Thanks to jhanford for the suggestion!
Update 7
- Yes, another update... but it's a GOOD update!
- improved the Small Fonts versions: thinner window frames and also thinner scrollbars. Since some people have small resolutions on their display, I though this change would improve their experience and productivity using this theme, since the desktop space is so limited. Enjoy!
Update 6
- fixed the undetermined progress bar... try checking for windows updates and you'll see what I mean! Thanks to iBest for the bug reporting!
Update 5
- made some small modifications to the bottom taskbar version... added a pale dark gradient to give it a little depth. This will be more visible on simple wallpapers.
Update 4
- fixed the bottom taskbar... now it's smooth as silk!
- removed the aero reflections... now the taskbar and the window frames are all cleaned (thanks to troubada for pointing this out).
Update 3
- added SMALL FONTS version for Bottom and Top taskbar placement. The new font used is called Aller but since I don't have the License to distribute it, I can't include it in the package. Fortunately you can download it for free here: www.daltonmaag.com/Aller_Std_F…
Update 2
- added bottom version for the people who use their taskbar on the bottom. It's slightly different from the one on the top but I hope you like it!
Update 1
- fixed the extended start menu (thanks to sergiogarcia for the bug report!)
Package includes:
- 6 Theme versions: Top, Top Small Fonts, Bottom, Bottom Small Fonts + an extra variation of the bottom versions: Bottom Flat! What's that all about? It's a previous version of the taskbar which I like and kept alive. It's flat like you guessed and does not have that inner dark gradient that the normal version has. This works perfect on flat minimalistic wallpapers!
- Plus the same cool versions have now a new variation with changed window caption buttons!
- Fonts need to make it work perfectly, except Aller... read bellow!
- Explorer Navigation Buttons
- Windows Start Button: dpcdpc11.deviantart.com/art/Le…
Not in the package:
- Aller Font Family needed for the Small Fonts versions. Available for download here: www.daltonmaag.com/Aller_Std_F…
- gdipp - the tinny app that makes your fonts clear and smooth like those in Linux Distros. It's available in 32 and 64 bit flavors. Download here: code.google.com/p/gdipp/downlo…
How to:
1. Patch your system files and install the required fonts!
Be sure to patch your system files before you can use 3rd party windows themes. Use this tool to do it: www.windows7download.com/win7-…
Install the fonts found in the folder "Resources/Fonts"
2. Install the theme?
Copy the content of each folder inside the Theme folder to: "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\" (Asuming that you're Windows 7 is installed on partition C)
3. Change the start orb?
Use Windows 7 Start Button Changer to change the start orb. You can find the needed tool here: www.door2windows.com/windows-7…
Launch Windows 7 Start Button Changer and choose the BMP from the "Resources/Start Orb - Leaf" folder and you're done!
4. Change the Windows Navigation buttons?
Use Windows 7 Navigation Buttons Customizer to change the Windows Navigation Buttons, resources available in the folder "Resources/Navigation Buttons"
Download the tool here: www.door2windows.com/windows-7…
5. Smooth Fonts like in OSX or Linux?
Use gdipp, the little app which changes you font rendering engine to make the fonts look smooth just like, or almost like in Linux or MacOS. Download here: code.google.com/p/gdipp/downlo…
Credits:
Thanks to jsz for the wallpaper used in the preview: jsz.deviantart.com/art/Maple-L…
Thanks for downloading!!!
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Comments: 831
OMFG! You definetly should do something like that for Gnome!
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hopefully one day I will be able to use Linux as the main OS... I dream about that but with dunno when that's gonna be possible. Until big software companies like Adobe won't make their software compatible 100% with Linux, I don't see that happen very soon!
I know you can run windows software in Linux using WinE but the performance of software run from this emulator doesn't come close to running them natively from within windows.
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well, yeah, you're right. But I'm not trying to "convert" you to linux. I just said you should do themes for it
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If I can't use the theme which I make then I won't create it. But once I will switch to Linux... and trust me, I want to do that without anyone having to convert me... I will create themes for Linux as well.
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Great. Do you know themes like this for KDE / Gnome?
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I only use Linux occasionally and even then I don't customize it so I can't give you any recommendations... sorry!
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wow, im blown away, i like leaves much more now
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glad to hear that my friend!
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For me, one of the best style for windows
Excellent the 2 and 3+
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thank you very much for ur appreciation!
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i ran into your theme last night and i found it so awesome i barely slept downloading and installing ! lol
congrats!!!!!
everything is working great, but i cant get the task bar nor the icons...[link]
any change you can give me a hint on what should i check?
thanks in advance!
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the taskbar seems ok... I'm just using small icons and the icons in the taskbar have nothing to do with the theme... I've just pinned my favorite programs to the taskbar and changed their icons using this icon pack: [link] the light version
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thanks a lot for the info!
i have one more question: where can i find the adobe and utorrent icon pack from this screenshoot? [link]
thanks again
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here u go my friend: [link]
and thanks again for the donation!
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i couldn't find the white background adobe one in that icon pack...
any suggestions for a total-commander icon?? lol
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it's there my friend... look in the mimetypes subfolder
as for the total cmd I'm using a mac finder icon... love that square face!
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i copied the contents of theme folder to its required location by following readme. but after that i dont know wat to do?????? there are only 3 folders in theme folder. one is top and other 2 are bottom and bottom flat. and nothing else.
plz suggest me sumthinggg....
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how can't you figure this out by yourself man, it's beyond me!
the content of those 3 folders are the 3 theme variations!
copy the content of each folder in windows/resources/themes
be sure to patch ur system files first.
then right click on the desktop>personalize and choose the theme variation you like.
how hard can that be!?
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The directions are misleading a lot of people; 'the content of Theme folder' are those three folders. It should say the contents of the folder inside the Theme folder.
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agree... I've updated the instructions.
thanks for the feedback!
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thaaaaaaaaaaanxxxx dude...............its awsome......i love it....
thankss.......
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i am unable to install this theme.......dude plz elp me....
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Hey, i cant get it working, I used the theme patcher, restarted my comp. copied theme map's to the right folder. double clicked, and nothing.
What should i do?
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don't double click... if you everything right, the you should have the theme listed in installed themes list (right click on the desktop>personalize)
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Okey, ill come back if it does not work.
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Hey there, just a report after applying this theme.
It looks great, and the small icon taskbar is *really* small so it gives me more screen estate on my laptop. The number representing the amount of open windows is also a great touch.
The only grip is that font looks ugly on Japanese machines, but I don't expect you to fix an issue with the font.
Thanks!
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thanks for downloading... did you installed the recommended fonts? Aller and Ubuntu?
If you did and still have bad fonts, that those font's might not support asian characters or something.
sorry about that!
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Yes, I did install the two fonts after downloading. Asian characters actually look fine (unlike the Chinese poster below me) but rather, the English characters are the issue.
But like I said, the pros outweigh the cons for your theme. Thanks for releasing this great theme!
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I dont understand what do you mean by "issues".
Please attach a screenshot or something.
The Aller font looks way better than the ugly SegoeUi and also I recommend you to use Gdipp. This little app will give you smooth fonts like in osx and linux. Download here: [link]
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This is what I mean: [link]
I personally love the look of Segoe UI and can't stand the English font there. Its smoothed out thanks to gdipp however (something I have been using for some time now).
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dude are u talking about the text in firefox?? if that;s the case, this has nothing to do with the theme or windows... the damn firefox 4+ enables 2D acceleration and ruins the font rendering engine... here's what you have to do to disable 2D acceleration in FF4:
Type about:config in address bar and press enter.
Click “I’ll be careful,I promise”
Type direct2d in Filter and set gfx.direct2d.disabled value to true (if its value already set to true you don’t need to change anything).
Hope this helps!
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I was talking about the font in both Firefox and Windows Explorer, actually.
The Firefox font has been fine until I installed the fonts along with the theme, so I'll try deleting them and see what happens.
I'll eventually figure it out, I hope.
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from the screenshot you linked, the font in explorer is looking fine... the one in Firefox is looking horrible... can't tell you exactly why... I'm using the same theme in English and I don't have this problem and no one else complained about it.
Hope you get to the bottom of it!
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where is the wall paper???i have searched the archive but cant find it
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you can keep on search bro... and I'll never find it like this!
try a little reading before you shout, ok?
I never said the wallpaper was in the package but at the end of the main comment I thank the author for the wall and I give a like to it:
Credits:
Thanks to jsz for the wallpaper used in the preview: [link]
thanks for downloading anyway!
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This is the best theme i ever seen! I like it so much.
1. When I switch to Chinese Simplified PRC in Region and Language (System Locale), the font turns up like this [link] If I switch it back to English, the font is working and fine like the one in your preview. Is there a way to overcome this problem because I need to change my System Locale for some purposes. Or is there a way not to use your customized font and the font is by default in Windows?
2. I hope you can fix (not a problem) this [link] there should be a margin on left on the part highlighted for making it to be perfect.
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Wow that looks ugly... sorry about that but it's not my fault... the font used in this theme seems not to support Chinese characters or something... dunno for sure... but it's a font thing and I can do anything about that.
You can change the font used in the theme by editing it using Windows Style Builder... but it will take you a lot of time to change all the fonts used in the theme.
As for the second issue, the theme it's in the final version now so I won't be making any new modification to it. I'll take this into account in the next theme.
Thanks for downloading!
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It's a charm and is not a problem after applied Aller font. The margin and other related issues are major problems for most theme designers. I'm very satisfied with your theme.
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1. I had solved the font problem by replaced with Aller Font Family as you posted in the description above.
2. I hope you can fix (not a problem) this [link] there should be a margin on left on the part highlighted for making it to be perfect.
3. Found a omission where searching something in the start menu, I can't see the font in white color [link]
4. Not sure if this is a bug or not [link] because it is not in transparency background that I highlighted.
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thanks for sharing my creation my friend!
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