Custom eM Client Themes

Thanks for the kind comments     I just turned 70  So I am in your class

You can save your file to a site like DropBox or OneDrive, and then post a link here. Any file sharing site will work, as long as it does not delete your file after 14 days, or you have to go through some sort of sign-up process in order to download the file.

Or maybe eM Client could provide some space for members to upload their themes. :slight_smile:

Doh! Thanks.

Also, where can I get a summary/index of what .emtheme file fields correspond to which fields on the eM window ?  Most are obvious but, for example, I currently have inverted colors for a selected email in the main window - except for the text under the Category column, which is still at the previous color.  What is the name of that corresponding field ?  

Thanks again!

Hopefully Richard will read this and give you some info on editing.

OK here goes :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cb5EceTm7XflfODFNeCxrtX0Y_lRYpfm/view?usp=sharing

Still needs work, but it’s easy on my eyes anyway.

Basically copied over the Dark theme, then changed most of the whites to green.  And inverted things for Selected.

Tell me about it !   Sorry but I’m new and didn’t know about this thread. Started another one - I’m having trouble with just one field - the one under Category in main window. [https://forum.emclient.com/emclient/topics/custom_em_client_themes?topic-reply-list[settings]filter…

Back to my frustration with which fields are which in the emtheme file : 

  • I noticed a thread from 4 years ago that was Bumped - where if anywhere is the main discussion thread on this ?

  • I confirmed that MainFormGridFontColor changes the text of entire line including the Category (e.g. “None”) and MainFormGridSelectedItemFontColor changes the text of entire line NOT including Category.  Could there be a separate Selected font that’s not being included in the file ?  Or perhaps one of these behaviors (w.r.t. MainFormGridSelectedItemFontColor -or- MainFormGridFontColor) is a bug ? 

(or it is in the file and I’m missing it)

Made annotations in the comments, to clarify where things are - for those who share my frustration. Still in progress
https://drive.google.com/open?id=17h9V0o_xa4Wblp_7Piq15X-DJO5Q1ck8

Search on “***” in the file for the additional annotations.

Leslie Richelle just gave a link to her very nice Dark Purple Theme. You can find it here https://forum.emclient.com/emclient/topics/base64-encoded-thumbnail-for-theme

Paul Rodarte’s modified dark theme: https://forum.emclient.com/emclient/topics/i-created-a-modified-dark-theme

Slightly modified standard Dark theme.
https://yadi.sk/d/OPqJfqGEAHfO2Q

I did some more modifications to my dark theme from 6 months ago.  Here are the updated orange accent and a new red accent version.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/9vy36xgonbi86ye/DarkThemeWithOrangeAccents-v2019.emtheme?dl=0


https://www.dropbox.com/s/0q1xmrw9dq772ex/DarkThemeWithRedAccents-v2019.emtheme?dl=0

Updated Theme to make the slider on the right of mail and folders be wide
and stop it from hiding.

This is in zip format so it is easier to download.  Enjoy   

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwHPKdK8mO-yblpabmUwMHlnRWs

Thank you Richard, your updated theme is great!! Those thin, disappearing scroll bars were driving me nuts.

I have built themes/styles/skins for several other apps, Atom.io Eclipse Komodo Visual Studio - and I tried last year to write one for Emc - even tho it doesn’t have a theme editor, and almost no documentation.  

So I came back to check and see if any progress had been made.  The list of themes presented at the thread head has themes 5-9 years old, with no screenshot preview, and at least for “Deus Ex inspired theme” the site presents malware.

That this company cannot devote the minimal resources involved in maintaining a theme resource data store properly, along with a KB and docs/refs - still - amazes me.   I come here and I see the SAME REQUESTS for 5 years or more!!!

I had hoped for some sign of life especially where themes are involved… I am shocked that any company in 2019 is failing to see that control over the appearance of an app has become a core bit of functionality.

I just tried to work with the theme I was working on last year… which I put down because I found more than 1 UI element that I could not manage to find the ID for - and nobody at Emc, nor the forums, could help.  If you’re going to let people theme certain parts of your UI but not others - then you failed at it.  Period.

I really wish Emc would wake up.  I don’t know how long it will be a viable commercial product.  I would expect it will get released to open source in the near future.  But even there, too late I think.

Can I make a public suggestion for the forum?
Posting a comment allows you to insert an image.
If you are posting about your new theme, could you please post an image or two of it?
I appreciate the download links, but I want to see what it is up front.  I can’t install every theme I run across on the hopes that one will work.

Am I late to the party? Just put this theme together, it’s a mixture of dark greys and yellow, somewhat similar to Wolverine from X-Men :slight_smile:

https://tntprinting.net/emclient/Adamantium.zip