Question about themes variable.

[SherLock707]

Can background , foreground & cursor be added to themes file or are they auto generated based on theme colours?

Current:

%% color0  = #1e1e2e %%
%% color1  = #f38ba8 %%
%% color2  = #a6e3a1 %%
%% color3  = #f9e2af %%
%% color4  = #89b4fa %%
%% color5  = #cba6f7 %%
%% color6  = #94e2d5 %%
%% color7  = #bac2de %%
%% color8  = #6c7086 %%
%% color9  = #f38ba8 %%
%% color10 = #a6e3a1 %%
%% color11 = #f9e2af %%
%% color12 = #89b4fa %%
%% color13 = #cba6f7 %%
%% color14 = #94e2d5 %%
%% color15 = #a6adc8 %%

Will this work/valid/needed? (In addition to above) :

%% foreground  = #ffc3d3 %%
%% background = #000404 %%
%% cursor  = #ffc3d3 %%

[danihek]

It's not possible because how themes are 'designed'

While loading themes hellwal only looks for color variables from 0-15. Since background and foreground are not entirely real variables to use (background is just a copy from color0 and foreground, cursors, border are copy of color15 but under different name) - it's not possible.

tldr;
no.

[danihek]

How I can get this xD? I hope you will post something on r/unixporn with it it's really nice.

btw when this will work: #17
it will probably solve your problem, I can see why you wanted that.

[SherLock707]

I will share the 'app' and screenshot once ready soon.
Hellwal is integrated perfectly in my system. only thing missing was how I use to do my cava config from wallust:

I'll share on r/unixporn soon, was checking it I can get GTK and QT app theme hot-reload working.

[SherLock707]

Here is this apps WIP if you wanna see if it works same for u.
https://github.com/SherLock707/hyprland_dot_yadm/blob/main/.config/scripts/palette_ui.py (please update for your screensize if window too large)

you'll need this template https://github.com/SherLock707/hyprland_dot_yadm/blob/main/.config/hellwal/templates/colors.json
also make sure you have ~/.config/hellwal/themes/
Current wallpaper it reads from /home/itachi/.config/rofi/.current_wallpaper

and finally you need Fabric: pip install git+https://github.com/Fabric-Development/fabric.git
https://wiki.ffpy.org/getting-started/installation-guide/

I launch it from waybar widget using ~/.venv/bin/python ~/.config/scripts/palette_ui.py

[danihek]

Ill definetly try it out, its promising :) thanks for detailed guide

ps. how tf I missed fabric, thats amazing piece of software thanks!

[SherLock707]

Yes, its amazing, I gave up on AGS because of JavaScript, Fabric is awesome!

[SherLock707]

make sure you have this app too pacman -S kcolorchooser