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orschiro

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[solved] Qt apps do not respect GTK settings

Hello,

Qt apps such as Virtualbox do not respect my GTK settings. The font should be Noto Sans and the icon theme should be Faenza.

Here is a comparison between Virtualbox and Nemo File Manager: http://i.imgur.com/oxWXW2w.png

My settings:

In qtconfig-qt4 I set Select GUI Style: GTK+.

~ $ cat .config/Trolltech.conf 
[...]
style=GTK+
doubleClickInterval=400
cursorFlashTime=1000
wheelScrollLines=3
resolveSymlinks=false
globalStrut\width=0
globalStrut\height=0
useRtlExtensions=false
XIMInputStyle=On The Spot
DefaultInputMethod=xim
audiosink=Auto
videomode=Auto
GUIEffects=none

~ $ cat .gtkrc-2.0 
# DO NOT EDIT! This file will be overwritten by LXAppearance.
# Any customization should be done in ~/.gtkrc-2.0.mine instead.

gtk-theme-name="Adwaita"
gtk-icon-theme-name="Faenza"
gtk-font-name="Noto Sans 9"
gtk-cursor-theme-name="Adwaita"
gtk-cursor-theme-size=24
gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH_HORIZ
gtk-toolbar-icon-size=GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR
gtk-button-images=1
gtk-menu-images=1
gtk-enable-event-sounds=0
gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds=0
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle="hintfull"
gtk-xft-rgba="rgb"
include "/home/orschiro/.gtkrc-2.0.mine"

In .xinitrc:

export GTK2_RC_FILES="$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0"

gconf settings:

~ $ gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme
Adwaita

~ $ gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme
Faenza

Last edited by orschiro (2013-12-25 13:03:23)

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ooo

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Re: [solved] Qt apps do not respect GTK settings

afaik style=GTK+ only applies gtk theme to qt widgets, but doesn't effect any other stuff. Fonts can be selected from qtconfig though.

orschiro

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Re: [solved] Qt apps do not respect GTK settings

Thanks ooo.

Via qtconfig I can set the GTK theme (as per use GTK settings) and the font.

However, what I cannot change is the used icon set. Although gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme is set to Faenza it is not set for Qt apps.

I assume this has to do with me running Openbox and somehow missing a required gconf component being launched.

Is someone successfully running a WM configuration with the correct icon set for Qt apps?

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orschiro

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Re: [solved] Qt apps do not respect GTK settings

I finally found at that, additionally, I have to set the desktop session to Gnome on boot as I am only running Openbox Window Manager and no complete DE.

From my ~/.xinitrc:

export DESKTOP_SESSION=gnome

Last edited by orschiro (2014-01-21 06:28:22)

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