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Generate colour themes for Walker application launcher.

Description​

Walker is a modern, GTK-based application launcher for Wayland. The plugin generates CSS files that style the launcher interface.

Output paths​

~/.config/walker/themes/tinct-colours.css
~/.config/walker/themes/tinct/style.css

The plugin generates:

  • tinct-colours.css - CSS colour variable definitions
  • tinct/style.css - Complete theme styling

Usage​

tinct generate -i image -p ~/wallpaper.jpg -o walker

Flags​

FlagDefaultDescription
--walker.output-dir~/.config/walker/themesOutput directory for theme files

Configuration​

Set the theme in your Walker configuration.

Edit ~/.config/walker/config.toml:

[ui]
theme = "tinct"

Or to use just the colours with your own styling:

[ui]
css = "themes/tinct-colours.css"

Themed elements​

The theme affects:

  • Window background
  • Search input styling
  • Result list colours
  • Selection highlighting
  • Category headers
  • Scrollbar colours

Generated format​

tinct-colours.css​

:root {
    --background: #1e1e2e;
    --foreground: #cdd6f4;
    --surface: #313244;
    --accent1: #89b4fa;
    --accent2: #f5c2e7;
    /* ... additional colours */
}

tinct/style.css​

@import url("../tinct-colours.css");

window {
    background-color: var(--background);
    border-radius: 12px;
}

#search {
    background-color: var(--surface);
    color: var(--foreground);
}

.item:selected {
    background-color: var(--accent1);
}

See also​