NetSurf has inbuilt support for themed icons and status bar tools.
This document details how to create your own themes for NetSurf
In order to create a new theme, you will require the following tools:
A template editor A sprite file editor
The best way to go about creating a new theme is to take the templates for the default theme and edit them with a template editor.
The templates file must contain one template. It should be called "toolbar".
The toolbar template must contain the following icons, which must be numbered (as indicated in parentheses):
Throbber (1) URL entry bar (2) Status bar (3) Back Button (4) Refresh Button (5)
Sprites should be contained in a single file named "Sprites".
Throbber sprites should display the various stages of progress and should be named "throbberN", where N is a numerical suffix (eg throbber0, throbber 23 etc).
Button sprites can be called whatever you like. The only limitation is that two sprites are provided per button - one unpressed, the other pressed. Also, the template validation strings for each button should contain the sprite names (eg Sbackl,backp)
You may optionally provide a preview sprite for display in the theme configuration dialogue box. The sprite must be in a file called "Preview" and the sprite itself must be called "preview".
The default packaging for NetSurf themes is simply a folder named the same as your theme name (eg "Clear" for the Clear theme). Simply place all the files for your theme into a single directory, name the directory appropriately and create a Zip archive containing your theme.
Themes may be uploaded to the central NetSurf theme repository at