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Windows look strange (Jessie vs Stretch)

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giaur
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Re: Windows look strange (Jessie vs Stretch)

#16 Post by giaur »

It should look the sam as your other (Gtk) apps.

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Re: Windows look strange (Jessie vs Stretch)

#17 Post by mrspuck »

mrspuck wrote:Actually I was missing the font config, so now the comparison looks like this:

Stretch: https://ibb.co/hA8O2m
Jessie: https://ibb.co/ehxwNm

Jessie still looking better/more modern, or is that the intended/expected look for Stretch?
What is controlling the look of the menu tabs in the screenshots above? In Jessie the top corners of the menus are rounded, in Stretch they are rectangular, at least for some applications.
Also the colors: many panels in Stretch are more brownish, while in Jessy they had a more neutral grey tone. Check the bottom panel of VLC (where you control sound volume) in above screenshots.

Can the above properties be changed by configuration; or do I have to recompile Gnome/GTK?

Thanks

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Re: Windows look strange (Jessie vs Stretch)

#18 Post by stevepusser »

Get Qt 5 applications to match Gtk themes in a Gtk 3 desktop? Try installing qt5-style-plugins and creating an /etc/X11/Xsession.d/98qtconfig file with the contents

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export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2
export QT_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2
export QT_PLATFORM_PLUGIN=gtk2
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Re: Windows look strange (Jessie vs Stretch)

#19 Post by Bulkley »

mrspuck wrote:Luckily there was no acronym test before running the installer...
:lol: Acronyms drive me nuts. Time and again someone posts a string of letters that I have to enter into a search engine in order to discover what is meant. Acronyms are convenient but they can be more problem than solution.

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Re: Windows look strange (Jessie vs Stretch)

#20 Post by ruffwoof »

stevepusser wrote:Get Qt 5 applications to match Gtk themes in a Gtk 3 desktop? Try installing qt5-style-plugins and creating an /etc/X11/Xsession.d/98qtconfig file with the contents

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export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2
export QT_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2
export QT_PLATFORM_PLUGIN=gtk2
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export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=GTK+
to ~/.profile works for me under Jessie. I also have

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[Qt]
style=GTK+
font="Sans Serif,14,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0"
added to ~/.config/Trolltech.conf

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Re: Windows look strange (Jessie vs Stretch)

#21 Post by mrspuck »

Thanks. I tried it but it does not help.
ruffwoof wrote:
stevepusser wrote:Get Qt 5 applications to match Gtk themes in a Gtk 3 desktop? Try installing qt5-style-plugins and creating an /etc/X11/Xsession.d/98qtconfig file with the contents

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export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2
export QT_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2
export QT_PLATFORM_PLUGIN=gtk2
This has no effect. At least none I noticed. I guess it was already the default.
ruffwoof wrote:
stevepusser wrote: Adding

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export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=GTK+
to ~/.profile works for me under Jessie. I also have

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[Qt]
style=GTK+
font="Sans Serif,14,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0"
added to ~/.config/Trolltech.conf
This completely breaks layout under Stretch. VLC looks like junk (black menus and panels, no gaps between menus etc.). I fell back to "directly after installation" snapshot in my VM to make sure it is not related to the Vertex theme I am using, but same result.

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