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Joomla12

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Registered: 2012-04-25

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[SOLVED] GTK3 Themes Not Rendering Correctly in OpenBox

So, I've been trying to find a way to fix this issue for a while now. In OpenBox, GTK3 applications do not display correctly when using a theme based on Adwaita. An example theme would be Elegant Brit. Menus tend to shift a pixel over when highlighted. Buttons display as all white, or as buttons from a different theme. Dunno what causes this, but it's rather annoying. I have the "gnome-standard-themes" packages installed, but this resolves nothing. When starting a GTK3 application, these types of errors are shown.

(transmission-gtk:1274): Gtk-CRITICAL **: _gtk_css_section_to_string: assertion `section != NULL' failed

** (transmission-gtk:1274): WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: (null)Failed to import: The resource at '/org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css' does not exist

Here's an screnshot depicting what I'm talking about. http://i.imgur.com/ZkLiZ.png

I apologize if there's a solution to this somewhere already posted. I've been through the Wiki trying to find the solution, but I've really found nothing useful. Also, I already have "gtk-engines" and "lib32-gtk-engines" installed.

Last edited by Joomla12 (2012-11-05 02:26:36)

Jodell

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Registered: 2009-10-09

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Re: [SOLVED] GTK3 Themes Not Rendering Correctly in OpenBox

The theme needs to be compatible with gtk 3.6

Joomla12

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Registered: 2012-04-25

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Re: [SOLVED] GTK3 Themes Not Rendering Correctly in OpenBox

Ah. That makes more sense. I forgot how picky GTK3 is.

ninian

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Registered: 2008-02-24

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Re: [SOLVED] GTK3 Themes Not Rendering Correctly in OpenBox

This great discussion about GTK3 and GNOME3 development explains an awful lot. It seems we are heading for one GTK3 theme only - THE theme - as dictated by determined developers attached to certain companies who will be nameless! I almost started tinkering with tweaks to GTK3 themes and I'm now so glad I didn't waste my time.

ma

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Registered: 2012-01-29

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Re: [SOLVED] GTK3 Themes Not Rendering Correctly in OpenBox

Good read, ninian. Lately I've come to the point where I'm no longer willing to put up with all the breakage/idiocy that comes with every single goddamn update of GTK+ 3.x. GTK+ 2.x, Qt and ncurses seem to be the way for me. The only thing I'll miss is gucharmap.

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ninian

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Registered: 2008-02-24

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Re: [SOLVED] GTK3 Themes Not Rendering Correctly in OpenBox

Qt and ncurses seem to be the way for me. The only thing I'll miss is gucharmap.

Hmm ... are we talking Razor-Qt here?!

ma

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Registered: 2012-01-29

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Re: [SOLVED] GTK3 Themes Not Rendering Correctly in OpenBox

ninian: Nope. I haven't tried Razor-Qt; a good window manager is enough for me. I'm just trying to get rid of GTK+ 3.