Comment 9 for bug 354394

Well the thing is that the panel cannot be themed via the image {...} functions but only by the bg_pixmap[NORMAL] and so on variables. That is a know problem for this engine and if somebody could write image {...} functions for the panel that would be great. Still notice that Gnome 3 is coming shortly and that should fix all problem with panels as in the new Desktop it has been totally rewritten and presents different functionality. I'm not sure if it is themeble by that time but it sure will be in the near future.