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I searched around (both this site and general Google) and I'm not seeing a solution to my problem. I'm hoping someone with some good Rox-Filer knowledge might be able to help me.

I want to change the bounding box that shows the current file. It is a dotted/dashed box and I have trouble picking it out on one of my computers. Everything I found online discussed changing colors (and even then, was not specific to the current file box). I want something to make the box easier to see. Either by making it solid or increasing the number of pixels to make it fatter or both.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks

@sfein1000
Q: Is this what you call a bounding box?

If yes: It is a gtk-theme setting.

The attached archive contains this additional theme.
Unpack it to /root, than open the file /root/.gtkrc-2.0 in a text editor and add the line

include "/root/.local/themes/rox/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"

You can change the color to your liking by editing the included svg file in a text editor, too.

[EDIT]
You have to reload your gtk theme or restart X after applying.

This may also apply to some other applications.
Also it does not apply to the list view in rox filer

Thank you for this. That is the bounding box and I was drawing a blank on calling it the focus rectangle which would have been a lot less confusing, so thanks for naming your tar file to remind me

Though this solves my issue, I think you actually led me to a better solution which is list view. That gives a better focus coloring and would be an even better solution as I would not need the new theme.

Thanks for the info.

HerrBert wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:15 am

This may also apply to some other applications.
Also it does not apply to the list view in rox filer

It's just a matter of choosing the right widget_class to make it work also in list view.
I haven't found the right one yet, but instead I made it applicable for all widgets because the problem of poor visibility exists for other elements too. I had particular problems to determine if a button has focus or not. Therefore I changed
widget_class "*ViewCollection*" style "rox" to widget_class "*" style "rox" and also changed the SVG to a red border without filling color: <rect height="10" width="10" fill="none" stroke="#f00" stroke-width="3"/>
So far I like the result very much. And yes, it applies to other applications, and that is good! Thanks for the hint