[SOLVED] Bad GTK Menu Spacing

thiagowfx · 2013-11-01 17:35:22

I'm using openbox and some of my GTK applications have a bad look, like gedit (http://img.susepaste.org/view/raw/43677814), audacious and emacs, for example. Where can I adjust the GTK menu spacing?

Last edited by thiagowfx (2013-11-01 21:35:01)

WorMzy · 2013-11-01 17:39:40

Those are both gtk3 apps. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GTK%2B#GTK.2B_3.x

There's also emacs-gtk2 in the AUR, which will use your gtk2 theme. Couldn't find a gtk2 version of audacious, but you might be able to build it to use gtk2 using ABS.

thiagowfx · 2013-11-01 17:49:20

I'm using gtk-theme-elementary from the AUR (set with lxappearance), so it probably only has a GTK2 theme; not a GTK3 one. At least now I know the issue is the theme, I thought it was a more general one, about GTK itself.

So, I will see the gtk2 versions of these apps, but I don't think this is a *super* good solution. Maybe I should use another theme, which supports both GTK 2 and 3. Thanks, WorMzy!

I will post here later saying if I switched themes or have successfully set the gtk2 versions of these apps.

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thiagowfx · 2013-11-01 21:34:49

As the ArchWiki says, "There are only a few themes which provide a uniform look for GTK+ 3.x and GTK+ 2.x apps", so I've switched to one of them. Everything became fine.

Anyway, I tested emacs-gtk2 from the AUR before making the switch, and it looked good, but gedit and audacious remained bad (as we should expect).

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[SOLVED] Bad GTK Menu Spacing

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