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GoldenDict Windows Full Dark Theme

This theme has been successfully tested on:

GoldenDict 1.5.0-14 (commit 1e737ab)
Qt 5.12.3
Windows 11, 10, 8.1 and 7

Note

In theory, this theme should work on any system, since it addresses Qt and not the system itself. In fact, some rules work differently on other systems than on Windows. But you can try using this theme on Linux and you may even enjoy the result. However, I can't promise that since I don't use Linux regularly. Mac users can try using macOS themes from this fork.

Installation

Download source code and unzip the archive.

Standard setup

Move fonts and styles folders to:

c:\
 └─ Users\
     └─ <user>\
         └─ AppData\
             └─ Roaming\
                 └─ GoldenDict\
                     ├─ fonts\   ←
                     ├─ index\
                     ├─ styles\  ←
                     ├─ config
                     └─ ...

Move icons folder to:

c:\
 └─ Program Files\
     └─ GoldenDict\
         ├─ audio\
         ├─ bearer\
         ├─ content\
         ├─ ...
         ├─ icons\  ←
         ├─ ...
         ├─ GoldenDict.exe
         └─ ...

Portable setup

Move fonts, icons and styles folders to:

GoldenDict\
    ├─ audio\
    ├─ bearer\
    ├─ content\
    ├─ ...
    ├─ icons\          ←
    ├─ ...
    ├─ platforms\
    ├─ portable\
    │      ├─ cache\
    │      ├─ fonts\   ←
    │      ├─ index\
    │      ├─ styles\  ←
    │      ├─ config
    │      └─ ...
    ├─ ...
    ├─ sqldrivers\
    ├─ styles\
    ├─ ...
    ├─ GoldenDict.exe
    └─ ...

Color palette

Colors used in qt-style.css:

Color	Description
`#2B3339`	main background
`#232B30`	darker background in tables and some input fields
`#4E5B65`	frame lines; unfocused elements highlighting
`#C7CBD3`	text
`#8E9CA8`	dimmed text
`#0080FF`	(brigth blue) accents & hovers
`#FFFFFF`	text on brigth blue background
`#006AD5`	(dimmed blue) list selections
`#A40000`	(rubin) highlighting in the search field in case of a negative result; accent on close buttons
`#D3D6DC`	articles background
`#000000`	pressed elements; some borders
`#353F46`	tables headers
`#3D464E`	accents in dictionaries buttons

You can change the color by find/replace its code in any text editor.

Customization

In article-style.css you can also customize:

Main window background image or its transparency: see here.
Pattern for collapsed articles: see here.
Icons for sound and video files: see examples in the extras folder.

In qt-style.css you can also customize:

Drop-down lists size. Search by keyword drop-down list size. Then change, comment or delete the corresponding values.
Font typefaces and size. Search by keyword font. Then change, comment or delete the corresponding values.