Themes

[protean-onion]

Hello,
I love this app, though I'd like to change how it appears. Are there any other themes that can be installed?
Thanks.

[sagb]

There aren't any specific themes as such, but there are many individual options that control the appearance.
Look for the following options in man alttab: -t, -i, -bg, -fg, -frame, -inact, -font, -vertical, -b.

[Veraellyunjie]

There is already a screenshots page
https://github.com/sagb/alttab/blob/master/doc/screenshots/screenshots.md
those are also part of top-level README.md.
Frankly, 2 out of 3 are uninspiring.
Perhaps, add a call there like "showcase yours!" ?
There must be a plethora of creative users with interesting alttab looks.

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Above is my alttab, and here is the launcher, I saved it as file alttab_v11e:

#! /bin/sh

alttab \
        -mk     Super_L     \
        -kk     a           \
        -font   xft:sans-11 \
        -fg        \#cccccc \
        -bg        \#181818 \
        -frame     \#2dbb36 \
        -t           600x32 \
        -i            48x48 \
        -d                1 \
        -vertical           \
        &

Continue reading below

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A "theme" might be a variable in a wrapper launcher file.
Perhaps @sagb might decide to add a file like below into the distribution of alttab for users to have an easier start with look&feel.
Here, 2 commented out THEMEs are from screenshots.md and 3rd one - uncommented - is mine. INVOKE and DESKTOP match my config from above

#! /bin/sh

## alttab options examples

## for each of variables INVOKE, DESKTOP and THEME,
## leave one uncommented
## or comment out all of them for defaults

## show alttab upon pressing these. default: Alt+Tab
# INVOKE='-mk Super_L'        # Windows+Tab
  INVOKE='-mk Super_L -kk a'  # Windows+a

## list windows belonging to desktops (workspaces, groups). default: 0 - current only
  DESKTOP='-d 1'  # all desktops
# DESKTOP='-d 2'  # all desktops, excluding special (-1) one, eg i3 scratchpad
# DESKTOP='-d 3'  # all desktops, excluding current and special
# DESKTOP='-d 4'  # special only

# THEME='-font "xft:DejaVu Sans Condensed-10" -bg "#c3c6b7" -frame darkblue -t 100x100 -i 16x16 -s 2'
# THEME='-fg "#d58681" -bg "#4a4a4a" -frame "#eb564d" -t 128x150 -i 127x64'
  THEME='-font xft:sans-11 -fg "#cccccc" -bg "#181818" -frame "#2dbb36" -t "600x32" -i 48x48 -vertical'

printf '%s %s %s' "${INVOKE}" "${DESKTOP}" "${THEME}" | xargs alttab

similarly, ~/.Xresources supports #include,
so example files and a ~/.Xresources snippet may be distributed:

! #include "/path/to/theme_1"
! #include "/path/to/theme_2"
  #include "/path/to/theme_3"

along with a reminder to do xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

[sagb]

To be honest, it looks like you had a bunch of scripts generating nice outputs along with the "ls" command...
I'd appreciate a PR for an improved screenshots.md, though.