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Skinning K-Meleon v0.9

How to change skins.

  • Skins are folders contained in your "C:\Program Files\K-Meleon\skins" folder.
  • Skins are downloaded in zip format.
  • Extract the files into "C:\Program Files\K-Meleon\skins".
  • Open K-Meleon, go to Edit>Preferences>Display>Skin and select a skin from the list.
  • Select "Show Toolbar Background". Click OK.
  • Exit K-Meleon and loader if used. You will restart K-Meleon with you new skin.
  • Some older skins from v0.7 may not show the background image. Rename the image to back.bmp for use in K-Meleon v0.9.

The K-Meleon default skin file

C:\Program Files\K-Meleon\skins\Klassic

back.bmp

This file is the background image used by K-Meleon. Any bitmap image may be used, but it must be named back.bmp. A seamless bitmap image is best used as K-Meleon will tile the image by default.

bookmarks.bmp*

Contains six 16 by 16 pixel images to be used by the bookmarks kplugin.

bookmarks-edit.ico*

This is the icon that will appear in the upper left hand corner of the edit window.

favorites.bmp*

Contains six 16 by 16 pixel images to be used by the favorites kplugin.

history.bmp*

Contains six 16 by 16 pixel images to be used by the history kplugin.

history-view.ico*

This is the icon that will appear in the upper left hand corner of the history window.

hotlist.bmp*

Contains six 16 by 16 pixel images to be used by the hotlist kplugin.

hotlist-edit.ico*

This is the icon that will appear in the upper left hand corner of the edit window.

layers.bmp*

This is a single 16 by 16 pixel bitmap image to be used on the layer toolbar.

main.ico*

This is a 16 by 16 pixel icon that will appear in the upper left hand corner of the main K-Meleon window.

menu.bmp

This file contains the images to be used in the text menu. The number of images to be included will vary according to what is included in the menuicons.cfg file.

menuicons.cfg

This file determines which images to use for each Command_ID in the menus. For more information, or to edit, open the file in a text editor.

throbber.avi*

This is the K-Meleon throbber image. Set this preference if the throbber is not wanted. user_pref("kmeleon.toolband.Throbber.visibility", false);

toolbars.cfg

This file determines which images to use for each button on the toolbar. For more information, or to edit (add in or remove buttons), open the file in a text editor.

toolhot.bmp

The toolbar button's hovered state images.

toolcold.bmp

The toolbar button's enabled state images.

tooldead.bmp

The toolbar button's disabled state images.

privhot.bmp

The Privacy Bar's hovered/enabled state images.

privcold.bmp

The Privacy Bar's disabled state images.

  • files marked with * ,if not present in the folder, will be replaced with the default image.
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