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I can't believe we don't have a app like this already, a GUI for creating themes. As I understand it, creating a kde theme from scratch requires extensive c++/qt experience. And most of the time we have the problem that designers can't code and coders can't design. what KDE needs is a userfriendly way to create themes.

These are just some mockups I put together in QT-designer/gimp, I really don't know how to actually code it all together. I'm just hoping someone who does will take the opportunity to make a huge contribution to GNU/linux (as we would get alot more, higher quality themes)

Mockups:
#1 main window:

#2 qt themeing: (missing toolbar, preview and icons in the list. Think qtdesigner)

#3 Icon themeing: (was created separetely some weeks earlier, I have a second one that is more streamlined, but I couldn't find it )


If possible I think theme types (plasma theme, qt theme, etc.) should be implemented as plugins.

And if anyone consider making the app I would be happy to keep working on the mockups and provide design ideas

Dear God, yes.

Ooh yes. Very good idea.

The Qt theming could be done with a new Qt theme engine developped espacilly for being very customisable : using users pictures and pre-defined effects.
This would be just so great.

Such an app would be absolutely awesome !!!

Yes, please! Would love that!

It will be very good, but it cannot be powerfull, because graphics need to be vectorial. And QGraphicsView cannot make svg file, only render.
Maybe with krita...

I would think the best approach would be to build it on top of ksplasherX - which already has a very nice theme-creation system (though the editor is not yet there) for KDE splash screens. Adding extensions to manage the rest of the themes would mean bringing in much needed developers to ksplasherX and getting the functionality for themeing other areas such as plasma as well.

Thoughts ?