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Applications look ugly when using third-party "Arc OSX themes"
You have installed a theme which generally only applies to applications which use GTK+ 3, for example all default apps in elementary.
There are other toolkits used by developers for Linux apps where ...
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How to solve Gtk-WARNING about “pixmap”
The workaround to eliminate the warnings/errors is by installing gtk2-engines-pixbuf
Open terminal and run:
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-pixbuf
If you are using a 64-bit system, but using 32-...
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gtk2 apps not working in elementary
pdfshuffler:
Looks like there is bug report about pdfshuffler on freya :
Launchpad Bug Report
As for the error you are getting :
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pantheon-filechooser-module"
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Are all GTK 2.0 or GTK 3.0 themes compatible with all desktop environments?
No. There are some themes that are specifically for ubuntu's desktop unity for example, and that works on elementary but it doesn't look good, some features aren't shown, some parts look broken. You ...
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How to open Gtkinspector on Freya?
You will need to install the GTK developer tools first.
sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev
Then you will be able to enable the inspector either via the dconf editor, or by executing the terminal ...
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Update Gtk+ on Loki?
You will get problems for sure. It is strongly adviced to use the GTK version the system is build for.
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GTK theming in snap apps
Snaps don't always work with the system stylesheet. An easy alternative is to use Flatpak apps from Flathub when apps exist in both places, because Flatpak has a mechanism to work with the elementary ...
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Update Gtk+ on Loki?
Don't try to upgrade it, you just will end with a messed up system, all the versions if gtk lost compatibility from one version to another (you can see this in the themes for example, every gtk theme ...
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Are all GTK 2.0 or GTK 3.0 themes compatible with all desktop environments?
It depends on the theme. Some themes are designed specifically for a desktop environment so it won't look so good when you try to apply it in another distro. You should just try, you can even make ...
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GTK+ Incorrect Window Size
One of these windows is using client-side decorations and the other is using sever-side decorations. There is a bug right now where client-side decorations include the shadow as part of the window ...
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How do I change the background color and font color of wingpanel XGTK theme?
modify osd in gtk.css in Gtk3 folder
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How to use Gtk.Popover() in Vala?
You can associate the popover creation with a button event, like in the following example:
var button = new Gtk.Button ();
var imag = new Gtk.Image.from_icon_name ("help-info", Gtk.IconSize.MENU);
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Using Granite with a different language besides Vala
Granite is written in Vala, so it provides a C API which you can use from C++. Using it should be fairly straightforward; just #include <granite.h> in your code, and build with something like
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I want to add the listbox scroll fade effect in my app - how?
The most common way a designer can do this is by applying on an upper layer a semitransparent png image or gradient with fading transparency from 1 to 0 and white color. Another option is a gtk box ...
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Compile Geany 1.26 on elementary OS Luna
GTK+ has two major branches, 2.0 and 3.0. They are incompatible and Geany is a GTK+ 2.0 application. You'll need the development headers for GTK+ 2.0. These are included in a package called libgtk2.0-...
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Applications look ugly when using third-party "Arc OSX themes"
Try installing gtk2-engines-pixbuf and moving the Ark-OSX folder to /usr/share/themes if it isn’t saved there yet, that fixed it for me.
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GTK theming in snap apps
Snaps are what is called a "sandboxed" or "confined" package format. This means the amount of access that these apps have to your system is very limited. One of those limitations is that Snaps don't ...
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Elementary app feasibility: modify any current text input
All feature requests must be written to the proper GitHub page, they do not belong here.
I believe that in your case gala is a good starting point.
https://github.com/elementary/gala
Good luck
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I don't know what the problem is, but some apps look weird like this [SOLVED]
The problem of the double window I don't understand well the reason why it happens, but it is solved by editing the direct access to the application.
This command must be included:
GTK_CSD=0
I will ...
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Can't make Gtk.TextView () fill whole parent Gtk.Box
A lovely application you built here, I particularly like the native indicator!
Looking into your Application.css:
.command_wrapper {
background-color: #fdf6e3;
border-radius: 3px;
...
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StatusIcon not showing/working
GtkStatusIcon is deprecated since GTK 3.14. It is more for Windows and KDE and not supported on elementary OS or Gnome 3.
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Applications look ugly when using third-party "Arc OSX themes"
According to the README.md of the arc theme you need to also install the gtk2-engines-murrine package.
https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme
Quote:
For the theme to function properly, install the ...
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GTK theme inspector for Desktop Enviroment elements
To debug the DE itself (I assume you want to debug a wingpanel widget), you need to somehow focus them. The easiest way I use is opening Slingshot (or any other wingpanel indicator), hovering your ...
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GTK theme inspector for Desktop Enviroment elements
You can use Gtk Inspector. To enable it open a terminal and execute :
gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.Debug enable-inspector-keybinding true
And now you can launch it with Ctrl + Shift + I.
Source: ...
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Firefox Filechooser Dialogs don't have a select/save button in Loki
Workaround:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides "{'Gtk/DialogsUseHeader':<0>}"
It's fixed and should arrive soon.
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Can't install gtk+
Figured it out! I just followed the directions here but instead used my text editor, going to all the APT sources files (as well as the saves!) and changing freya to trusty. One apt update later, and ...
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How do I change the background color and font color of wingpanel XGTK theme?
Downloaded this theme and had a look. You are right to edit the apps.css in the gtk-3 folder. It has a panel setting for budgie and one that is just panel. It isn't set up the same way as the one in ...
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Where to propose a new app for elementary OS, discuss design
There were some of such proposals over there at Google Plus. Try it there. Perhaps you will find some developers. However, there is no official platform. Bountysource has an platform for elementary's ...
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GTK+ Incorrect Window Size
I found the effective env variable: GTK_CSD=1 , you can verify:
sudo GTK_CSD=1 ./yourprogram
GTK_CSD="" ./yourprogram
The GTK Client-Side Decorations enabled by:
$ sudo grep -r GTK_CSD /etc/
/etc/...
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