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14. Themes

Install obconf and/or lxappearance-obconf for a GUI to configure visual settings and theming.

A good selection of themes are available in the openbox-themesAUR package or the AUR. Some GTK themes come with an Openbox theme as well. Both Openbox-specific and Openbox-compatible themes will be installed to the /usr/share/themes directory and will also be immediately available for selection.

box-look.org is an excellent and well-established source of themes. deviantART.com is another excellent resource. Many more can be found online.

Edit or create

Tip: It is better to copy a theme to your home directory than to edit those found in /usr/share/themes/. This will retain the original should anything go wrong and ensure that your changes are not overwritten on update.

The process of creating new or modifying existing themes is covered extensively at the official openbox.org website. obthemeAUR is a user-friendly GUI for doing so.