Under KDE 4.4, Skulpture respects the system setting for the double click mode from KDE. For older versions, you have to set the mode manually in ~/.config/SkulptureStyle.ini:
[%General]
UseSingleClickToActivateItems=false
Starting with version 0.2.4, the Skulpture KWin window decoration defaults to painting "on screen", because the previous method could cause problems, depending on the KWin version. If you do not use compositing, or if you otherwise experience performance or rendering regressions, you can enable the old method by using this option in ~/.kde/share/config/kwinskulpturerc:
[General]
PaintOnScreen=false
Skulpture features rendering of real shadows inside sunken views. For views that are usually full-screen, such as Konsole, KWrite, or Konqueror, the shadows can degrade scrolling performance. To disable shadows in those views, use the following option in ~/.config/SkulptureStyle.ini:
[%General]
ExpensiveShadows=false
Due to changes in version 0.2.1, you will have to reconfigure slider sizes. Changing the scroll bar length only affects the minimum length the slider is going to have; it will usually be larger as its size grows proportionally to the amount of data visible.
If you want to build Skulpture with the KDE configuration dialog and window decoration, you need Qt 4.4 or newer. The installation script does not check this; you will just get a compilation error, if you want to compile with an older version.
When running under KDE, Skulpture respects more colors from the KDE system settings. You may need to change the "Alternate Background" or other colors, as previous versions of Skulpture ignored some of them.
You can force using the Window colors for disabled widgets using the "Make disabled widgets transparent" option.
Setting an odd value for the text shift (-3, -1, +1, +3, etc.) results in widgets that are one pixel larger compared to even text shift values. This is intentional.
Skulpture allows configuring several layout attributes, such as element dimensions and spacing between elements. Not all applications query these values from the style, so with some applications you might not get the desired effect. Please report this to the developers of the application in question.
You can set a global strut (e.g. 12 pixels) with qtconfig to get usable spin box controls with very small widgets.
You can specifiy multiple password characters; the first one that is part of the widget font is used. Under KDE, use the KCharSelect program to find a suitable character.
You can place the preview in a different position using the following option in ~/.config/SkulptureStyle.ini:
[ConfigDialog]
PreviewPosition={Top | Bottom | Left | Right | InTab | Hidden | Auto}
Starting with KDE 4.1, a bug in "System Settings" prevents the dialog from using alien widgets, resulting in annoying flicker. To work around this problem, please use "kcmshell4 style" instead of "systemsettings".
The Skulpture KWin window decoration now supports more buttons. KDE may add a "sticky" button, which pins a window so that it is visible on all screens. If you want to remove that button, you can configure the buttons with the "System Settings" application.
This version of Skulpture comes with experimental KDE 4 color schemes. The "vanilla" flavour is considered the default color scheme, although Skulpture should work with other color schemes, too. Any feedback is appreciated.
The Skulpture window decorations (KWin and MDI) now respect the colors from KDE System Settings. If you prefer a dark title bar as in Skulpture 0.0.4, you have to change the window title bar colors accordingly. You must select "Apply Colors to non-KDE Applications" for this to work for MDI colors, too.
There is now a preview area in the style configuration page, so that you can see the effect of each option immediately. Known issues: