LightDM - Apr 2014 - where to place css for theming gtk greeter

Hi,
I'm trying to customize gtk greeter, to look more elegant than its default
look.
While I can change stuff in the greeter conf file, I can't see if it's
taking theme files, expecially custom css.
here is the conf:
[greeter]
background=/usr/share/backgrounds/sonicle-login.png
theme-name=Adwaita
icon-theme-name=nuoveXT2
#font-namexft-antialias=true
xft-dpi=96
xft-hintstyle=medium
xft-rgba=rgb
#show-language-selector=true
#show-indicators=true
show-clock=true
clock-format=%H:%M:%S
#keyboard#position#screensaver-timeoutSo login is fine, icon theme is fine.
I choose theme name from /usr/share/themes, have Adwaita inside, then gtk-3.0.
Created an apps directory, and placed my css file there.
This css file is never read.
Also changing theme name with other I have inside /usr/share/themes, never
change look.
Where is it looking for themes and css?
Gabriele.
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Hey Gabriele,

with the release of lightdm-gtk-greeter 1.8 I added a template css file that
should help you theme the greeter
(http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lightdm-gtk-greeter-team/lightdm-gtk-greeter/trunk/view/head:/data/sample-lightdm-gtk-greeter.css).
It has to be included in the gtk-theme you set in the greeter's config, as
you described.

Without seeing how you included the css and what kind of css you used, it is
very hard to help you out here. The problem could be anything from not having
included properly the new css file from apps/ in your gtk.css to using wrong
widget-names/classes for the greeter.

Cheers
Simon


On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:44:14 +0200 (CEST)
Gabriele Bulfon <gabriele.bulfon at sonicle.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to customize gtk greeter, to look more elegant than its
default look.
> While I can change stuff in the greeter conf file, I can't see if
it's taking theme files, expecially custom css.
> here is the conf:
> [greeter]
> background=/usr/share/backgrounds/sonicle-login.png
> theme-name=Adwaita
> icon-theme-name=nuoveXT2
> #font-name> xft-antialias=true
> xft-dpi=96
> xft-hintstyle=medium
> xft-rgba=rgb
> #show-language-selector=true
> #show-indicators=true
> show-clock=true
> clock-format=%H:%M:%S
> #keyboard> #position> #screensaver-timeout> So login is fine, icon
theme is fine.
> I choose theme name from /usr/share/themes, have Adwaita inside, then
gtk-3.0.
> Created an apps directory, and placed my css file there.
> This css file is never read.
> Also changing theme name with other I have inside /usr/share/themes, never
change look.
> Where is it looking for themes and css?
> Gabriele.