I have downloaded one of E. Goldoni's alternative toolbar skins, but can't figure out how to install it. Can someone help?

Hi
Unzip to the skin to KM skins folder (Program Files\K-Meleon\skins) then goto edit > change skin and type the name of the folder that skin is called you want in the skins folder, eg: blue/

shutdown KM and loader and restart

Hope this helps

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sorry adnexa it should be blue\ or QNX\ or whatever skin you want that is in your skins folder (Program Files\K-Meleon\skins)

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This is what I have been doing, but it doesn't seem to work on mine. Thanks, anyway, for taking the time to respond to my question.

Why not back up the main files replace them all with the new ones and (make sure the loader is closed) restart K-Meleon if that don't work log off and back on and start K-M again works a treat!

Hi! That's Emanuele Goldoni..
Well, from what I've read it seems that there could be a problem with the "Change Skin" macro.. Dunno.. Try again using lower and upper cases correctly (QNX, 32pixel, XPExplorer etc..) and using the \ at the end..
Let me know!
byez and best whishes
-- lele
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I just installed version 0.7 and need help changing skins to "toolhot\" which is already in the Program --Skins Folder along with other skins. I have added "toolhot\" to Edit/Change Skins, closed browser and restarted. Nothing changed. Could someone tell me the steps needed to change the skin. I must be doing something wrong.

The 'toolhot.bmp' file is not a skin all by itself, it's one of a set of bitmaps that together make up the 'skin' - each skin is in it's own folder, and the name you enter in Edit/Change Skins must be the name of one of the folders in the ...\skins directory (such as 'default' for the default skin). To install new skins, you put them into their own folders alongside the ...\skins\default folder, and enter the name of one of those folders as the new skin... hope that makes sense.

Thanks for the reply. I want to use the default skin, and I want add the "toolhot" .bmp to the browser. Exactly what would I type in the Edit/Change Skin "name box". It has "default\" already there. Do I need to add more information to get the 'toolhot" .bmp to display? Would it be "default\toolhot" or what exactly. After I type in the correct information, then what do I need to do? Thanks for your help.

The images in the toolhot.bmp file are always loaded by k-meleon; they're displayed whenever you place the mouse pointer over one of the buttons, and are also used for the images in the menus when the bitmap menu plugin is enabled.

I'm tryin to make a macro that changes the skin and the toolbar background image. I don't know why changing the toolbar background image along with the the button images is not the default action since each skin has its own background image in its folder and the background is a major part of the look of the skin. But anyway I'm not having any success with the macros I'm trying. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. The following is my failed attempt:

change_skin {
menu = "Change Skin";
$skin = getpref(STRING, "kmeleon.general.skinsCurrent");
$skin = prompt("Name of new skin:", "Change Skin...", $skin);
setpref(STRING, "kmeleon.general.skinsCurrent", $skin);
$skin = getpref(STRING, "kmeleon.display.backgroundImage");
$skin = prompt("Name of new background image:", "Change background Image...", $skin);
setpref(STRING, "kmeleon.display.backgroundImage", $skin);
}

Good idea, jsnj!

I played around with it for a while, and I can't
get it to work either.

It worked a little better when I changed the
name of the macro (for some reason the
macro engine didn't like "change_skin"), to
"ch_skin".

The
setpref(STRING, "kmeleon.general.skinsCurrent", $skin);
works perfectly well,

but
setpref(STRING, "kmeleon.display.backgroundImage", $skin);
just won't change the pref.

(Try this by adding
$skin=getpref(STRING, "kmeleon.display.backgroundImage");
alert($skin);
$skin=getpref(STRING, "kmeleon.general.skinsCurrent");
alert($skin);
#right at the end of the macro.
)

On the other hand, I seem to not be able
to change that pref the usual way, anyway..
so I don't really think it's your fault :-)

jsnj, what is it that won't work for you?

jsnj, what is it that won't work for you?[i/]

The skin changes fine but changing the background image path in the second prompt has no effect. The added alerts confirm this.

oops

jsnj, what is it that won't work for you?

The skin changes fine but changing the background image path in the second prompt has no effect. The added alerts confirm this.

Yeah, but that's not your fault, right? Can you change that pref the
normal way (Edit->Prefs->Config->Prefs etc) or with a texteditor?

I can't.

But when we can get that right, your macro could automatically
suggest the back.bmp that's installed with the chosen skin, instead
of the current back.bmp.. Coolers :-)

(That is, we'll have to add a few lines before
$skin = prompt("Name of new background image:", "Change background Image...", $path_to_background_image_of_the_just_now_selected_new_skin);
)

Yeah, but that's not your fault, right? Can you change that pref the
normal way (Edit->Prefs->Config->Prefs etc) or with a texteditor?

I can't.

I'm not sure what you mean because if I change the pref through Edit->Prefs->Config->Prefs or prefs.js then it does change at the next KM restart. It just doesn't change through the macro. So either the macro is wrong or it can't be done.

Yep, that's what I meant, and that works for me too now.. I was just a total
idiot before.

It just doesn't change through the macro. So either the macro is
wrong or it can't be done.
I can't see how the macro would be faulty. Let's see if anyone else has
an idea.. If not, it probably can't be done.. (but then why?)..
and we should file an RFE for it!

Well, hmmmmm ... whenever I attempt to change skin I wind up with some psychodelic looking something or other and lay hell restoring back to defaults - fine the way it is for now, glad to have the added screen real estate ...

hello to all,
in my attempts, i now have my background image ok, button images changing ok

hacked names of new skin folder (osX) to "default" and tool3 to tool2 now have colors changing from greys to bright colors. selected toolbar background from new skin folder C:\Program Files\K-Meleon\skins\Default
Help please:
am getting button "names" of xxx.bmp[0], xxx.bmp[1], et. though, xxx.bmp[5] then last button is print which shows fine.

have viewed many files, what have i accidently changed ????

0.7 version
Edit>Prefs>Config> Menus, Accelerators, Prefs, Toolbars

seams there is suppose to be a change skins plugin which doesn't show in Edit>Prefs>Config> ????