Any way to skin the Filezilla UI?

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This is petty, I know. But Filezilla is so much nicer looking on Linux and Mac OS, and I presume it's due to the nasty Windows Redmondish inset dividers that are just there in the OS.

Is there any way to change Filezilla's UI to use a different "skin", or even to put it on GTK, in Windows 8.x?

On my system (Windows 8.1): enter image description here

On a GTK environment (Ubuntu): enter image description here

Garrett

Posted 2014-11-11T22:08:15.317

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Well, yes... In FileZilla you can go to Edit > Settings > Themes and select a theme - like OpenCrystal.

You may also be able to use the GTKPreferenceTool available from the GTK+ for Windows Runtime Environment Installer - Theme package. Then you can Start > Run > Change GTK2 Appearance (your mileage may vary).

You can also take a look at the resources directory if you feel like creating your own (you can start by copying and existing theme, such as OpenCrystal and changing the icons and name in the xml.

Criveti Mihai

Posted 2014-11-11T22:08:15.317

Reputation: 146

Thank you for the information, but I don't really care about the icons. It's the window dividers and style that are the offender. I presume that's not GTK by default, since Filezilla isn't a GTK app, like Pidgin or others ported from Linux to Windows. – Garrett – 2014-11-13T00:18:19.383

Hm... in Win 8.1 you can decrease the BorderWidth and PaddedBorderWidth registry key values to 0 in regedit - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics. That should help the situation somewhat (well, it will decrease the thick external border for all apps anyway). – Criveti Mihai – 2014-11-13T07:08:20.473

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You can get the Humanuty theme from Filezilla Humanity orange | GNOME-Look.org.

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  1. Download the 146163-humanity.zip.
  2. Unzip and copy it to /Applications/FileZilla.app/Contents/SharedSupport/resources on Mac OS X 10.10.4.
  3. Switch theme to Humanuty. enter image description here
  4. Result of Humanuty style Filezilla. enter image description here

Chu-Saing Lai

Posted 2014-11-11T22:08:15.317

Reputation: 171

2The question is asking how to get the Windows version to look like the Mac or Linux version. Making the Mac version look like the Linux version does not help the unfortunate Windows users who are stuck with this legacy Windows 2000-era hideous interface. – jdgregson – 2016-12-23T17:34:12.963

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