From Mandriva Community Wiki

[edit] Widgets and data needed for theme specification

• common data :

• color palette :
  • background color for widget
  • text color for widget
  • text color for widgets displaying editable text
  • background color for widgets displaying editable text
  • selection color for text/icon (with focus)
  • selection color for text/icon (without focus)
  • text color for tooltips
  • background color for tooltips
  • colors can be modified depending on the widget state : normal, active (pushed button for instance), prelight (mouse is on the widget), selected (text selected), insensitive (disabled)

• primitives
  • horizontal line
  • vertical line
  • arrows : down, up, left, right
  • box (ie simple rectangle)
  • check
  • option (for radio button)
  • box gap
  • shadow gap
  • focus

• common widgets (GNOME / KDE) :
  • button : normal, pressed, highlight, disabled. GNOME also have a default button (ie the one pressed if you press ENTER).
  • combobox
  • progress bar : bar and widget where the bar progress
  • text entry
  • range : text entry with + / - buttons
  • combobox
  • scrollbar (vertical and horizontal) : background box, scroller, scrollbar buttons
  • menubar, selection in menu
  • content box (title column / list) :
    • title column (can sometime be pressed / highlight)
    • list
    • border
  • checkbox
  • radiobutton : 3 states : selected, not selected, unknown, all 3 states can be enabled / disabled
  • tabs : active, inactive
  • vertical slider : button + rail where button slide
  • horizontal slider (same as above)
  • handle (grip to drag to detach toolbar)
  • handle separation / extension : slip window in two parts, resizable
  • resize grip (bottom right window grip to notify window can be resize when clicking there)
  • Tab bar: different form of tabbar (top or bottom)
  • Group box with border

• specific widgets (KDE) :
  • Kicker separator