GTK3 themes looking ugly

Does anyone know why some themes in gnome3, actually the window theme (titlebar), look ugly like they came back from '95? I've installed Unico gtk3 engine, gtk-engine-murrine, gtk-engines as required by the themes but it doesn't fix the problem. Do I miss a package?
image: http://i.imgur.com/ayuYr.png
Last edited by costil (2012-02-21 08:08:14)

Actually it worked only with one theme: http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&secti … 3#/d34mspx
The file you have to edit is in /usr/share/themes/Boomerang/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml
See the comments in the Deviant page.
@alexcriss
No I'm not using cairo. I rebuilded the unico engine and followed your tip but it didn't work. I had this problem with fedora16 too. Anyway I think it's too much of a hussle just for a couple of themes since there are a lot of themes to choose from.

Similar Messages

  • GTK3 theme looks horrible, unable to change.

    I can't seem to get GTK3 to display the correct theme, despite it seeming to have been changed and the theme being compatible. Here is my ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini:
    [Settings]
    gtk-theme-name=Adwaita-X-light
    gtk-icon-theme-name=Faenza
    gtk-font-name=Roboto Condensed, Condensed 9
    gtk-cursor-theme-name=Adwaita
    gtk-cursor-theme-size=0
    gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
    gtk-toolbar-icon-size=GTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR
    gtk-button-images=0
    gtk-menu-images=0
    gtk-enable-event-sounds=1
    gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds=1
    gtk-xft-antialias=1
    gtk-xft-hinting=1
    gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintfull
    gtk-xft-rgba=rgb
    gtk-color-scheme=bg_active_color:#666669\nfg_color:#ffffffffffff\nbg_color:#3b3b3b3b3e3e\nscroll_slider:#3b3b3b\n
    However only GTK2 apps look like they should:
    Is there something I need to install to make them look right?

    make sure the theme supports gtk 3.12. Those kind of display errors have been quite common with gtk3 updates, if the theme hasn't been updated for the latest version.

  • [Solved] Problem with GTK+ themes (some of the applications look ugly)

    Hey everyone,
    I just switched to Arch and have problems with getting the GTK+ themes to work. Some applications (i.e. pcmanfm, firefox) use the theme I set with lxappearance and other like transmission still look ugly. Any ideas what am I doing wrong?
    Screenshot: http://s18.postimage.org/pz339bje1/screen.jpg
    greets
    Last edited by uns1gn3d (2013-02-01 16:32:52)

    Another possibility is that you have the correct theme but don't have the associated theme engine installed.  Poke around the themes a bit:
    For a GTK2 theme: in the "theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" file look for the line that says "engine" and a name.  Make sure you have that name installed.
    For a GTK3 theme: in the "theme/gtk-3.0/gtk.css" file also look for "engine" and the name.  Also make sure that engine is installed.
    Themes are almost always in "/usr/share/themes/theme_name"
    The files you look for to see which engine a theme uses may be in different files than the ones specified above, poke around in the files.  The file that specifies the engine will be a text file so you can look at them using "less" or an alternative.
    Last edited by headkase (2013-02-01 15:41:21)

  • GTK 3 Settings / [Solution] Ugly GTK3 Theme

    For those of us who don't use gnome, gtk3 apps look terrible! In gtk2 we use to put our settings in .gtkrc-2.0 but this changed for gtk3
    ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
    [Settings]
    gtk-theme-name = Adwaita
    gtk-fallback-icon-theme = gnome
    See http://developer.gnome.org/gtk/unstable … tings.html for more info.
    Figured this would be an issue that would bite a lot of people. Hopefully this will save help some out.
    Edit: For anyone that want to see the ugly window: http://ompldr.org/vODYwYg
    Last edited by pyther (2011-04-08 03:03:37)

    xrchz wrote:... I think the problem might be that the gnome-themes-standard package installs the theme with root root rw r- r- permissions.
    Evince, for example, complains (on the terminal) (evince:17402): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not load named theme "Adwaita": Error parsing stylesheet
    Everyone is able to read the file, no one needs to be able to write or execute it. The permissions are fine.
    Does the output of md5sum /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-3.0/* match
    md5sum: /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-3.0/assets: Is a directory
    4bb000e5532d5cf0fa64aec4893024e4 /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
    529bebd2f8e6f7d9b6e07f6e806adfa3 /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css
    df8161134af1f13fc2e69c716ad8754d /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

  • [solved] gtk3 themes for gtk3 apps, without installing gnome3

    After executing "pacman -Syu", transmission was upgraded to a newer version, but it no longer has the "Clearlooks" gtk2 interface wich I installed witch pacman and selected it with "lxappearance" because I don't have gnome2 or 3 installed. Now, transmission has an ugly gtk3 interface that looks like windows 95. But how can I install ans select a gtk3 theme, without installing gnome3 ? (because I only want to keep openbox and xmonad installed, and no other WM or DE)
    It says on wiki.archlinux that "gnome-tweak-tool" won't work if gnome3 is not installed...
    It also tried to install the "librsvg" package, and the Newlooks theme, and I've edited "~/gtk-3.0/settings.ini" to add:
    gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme = false
    gtk-theme-name = Zukitwo
    gtk-fallback-icon-theme = gnome
    ... and after reboot, Transmission doesn't have the "Newlooks" gtk theme... it still has the old looking theme
    Last edited by Chrys349 (2011-11-26 16:36:53)

    I am facing the same problem. I've created ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini file:
    [Settings]
    gtk-theme-name = elementary
    gtk-fallback-icon-theme = elementary
    gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
    Someone also wrote that copying gtk-3.0 folder should enable gtk3 theme, but this also failed.
    cp -r /usr/share/themes/elementary/gtk-3.0/ ~/.config/gtk-3.0/

  • Gtk3 Theme Troubleshooting

    I am running XFCE for my DE/WM and have had some mismatched apps since updating to GNOME3 versions. I have been using the NOX Gtk2 theme, which unfortunately, has no matching Gtk3 theme. Yesterday I switched to the Atolm-gtk3 theme provided in this AUR package, which is a beautiful dark theme that includes a matching theme for Gtk2. Unfortunately, this theme has not been updated since the spring and therefore needed a little love to get working with Gtk 3.2. After satisfying its dependencies and fixing the bugs that were throwing errors and warnings, I have moved on to tweaking the appearance of the Gtk3 theme to fix a couple inconsistencies that were annoying me. However, I have been stumped by a salmon-colored highlight that appears when selecting window elements by keyboard. This gallery demonstrates what happens when I open up the search application (gnome-search-tool) and press tab several times. This bug is particularly annoying in apps that have an element selected by default, such as Disk Usage Analyzer (Baobab). I have studied the Gtk3 documentation, and the gtk-widgets.css and gtk.css for the theme, but I can't figure out how to change this color, or even what property sets it.
    Does anyone know how to fix this? Is there another documentation resource that I should study? Are there other quite dark (but not black) themes out there that have matching Gtk2-3 versions which would better suit my needs?

    One thing you could try is use an app like 'gpick' that allows you to sample colors and have it display the result in html colors, then you can take that color code and search for it in gtk.css and gtk-widgets.css of your theme.
    I mod themes, and that is probably where i would start looking, beyond that, im not sure.
    However, if you are just looking for a dark theme that works with gtk3.2, I am the author of 2 themes, available at gnome.look.org;
    Marples-black
    http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=144240
    Blapple
    http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/ … ent=144800
    out o the two, i myself prefer Blapple (although, Marples is way more popular, by downloads). They both are still a work in progress as gtk3.2 broke some stuff, so i have been changing things around, but they work decent enough. (plus, you can always mod them )
    0.
    EDIT: Both of my themes include gtk3/gtk2 themes, as well as a metacity theme (they use the same metacity theme
    cheerz
    Last edited by triplesquarednine (2011-10-06 21:28:12)

  • [solved] Skype GTK3 theme with Gnome and Adwaita theme

    Hello,
    Is it possible to have Skype using the Adwaita GTK3 theme on a 64Bit system?
    I only get the following error:
    Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
    (skype:8290): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
    Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
    Regards
    Last edited by orschiro (2012-12-02 10:02:16)

    I resolved the issue.
    1. Install Adwaita-X theme from AUR together with lib32-gtk2. You do not need to install lib32-gtk-engines.
    2. Create ~/.gtkrc-2.0 with gtk-theme-name = "Adwaita-X" in it.
    3. Add export GTK2_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0" to your ~/.xinitrc.
    Skype should now use the Adwaita-X gtk2 port on a 64bit system. You do not need to change or set anything in qtconfig.
    If you then launch skype you may still receive the following messages:
    Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
    (skype:8290): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
    The first one just says that you need to install lib32-libcanberra-pulse from multilib repo.
    As for the second warning I do not know how to get rid of that since I cannot reproduce why skype still looks for the adwaita theme although Adwaita-X was specified in the gtkrc file.
    Regards
    Last edited by orschiro (2012-12-02 10:04:17)

  • Am I the only one who thinks that iOS 7 looks ugly?

    http://www.pocketables.com/2013/06/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-that-ios-7-looks -ugly.html
    Sorry, after Steven Jobs left, I strongly doubt the prospect of Apple company.
    The design is attention-seeking and make no sense. It is all about fancy in stread of user-friendly.
    The color hurts my eyes. Please bring back the old design!
    As a person who studied visual communication in undergraduate, I cannot stand this design for a second.

    Ronnie254 wrote:
    Hey Apple most of us baby boomers are going to need help to see the screen soon, just saying.. and posting from my Windows PC.
    Apple does not monitor this forum. Tell them what you think here:
    www.apple.com/feedback

  • Make gtk3 applications look nice on xfce4

    Gtk3 apps have the windows 98 look on my fresh xfce4 install.
    In order to change the looks of qt apps I use qtconfig.
    What do I do in order to make gtk3 apps look nice because gnome-tweak-tool doesn't work.
    [root@sb1r3ak-desktop sb1r3ak]# gksu gnome-tweak-tool
    GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL)
    Aborted

    wonder wrote:
    @Awebb yeah, i didn't want to make fun of that
    root in root, is like Inception
    We need to go deeper
    I had two terminals open.I tried gnome-tweak-tool in the first one and the other one with su.After that I was supposed to try with gksu in the first term not the second one with su /facepalm.
    Thanks to the following post
    https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=116451
    I have all the needed info now just one thing.What's the name of the elementary theme?( using egtk-bzr from AUR)
    I tried elementary,egtk,egtk-bzr ..

  • [GNOME 3] MrMars gtk3 themes

    Hi, I am MrMars.
    I made two themes in gtk3 to use with gnome3,
    and i have plans for other themes.
    ATOLM-GTK3
    link: http://thedeviantmars.deviantart.com/ar … -206663190
    ADWANCE-GTK3  (adwaita + ambiance = adwance)
    link: http://thedeviantmars.deviantart.com/ar … -207704533
    ADWAITA-MRMARS-GTK3 w.i.p.
    http://thedeviantmars.deviantart.com/#/d3f0q3d
    ELEGANT-ARCH-GTK3 w.i.p.
    http://TheDeviantMars.deviantart.com/ar … -209450283
    Last edited by MrMars (2011-05-19 15:10:15)

    MrMars wrote:
    Your desktop is a mess, I don't like the theme so much, but hey, it's YOUR theme now, so don't mind me
    as for the "bright" background, I just tried to stick to Atolm-gtk2, as for the colours.
    If you are going to release your theme, please credit me and if you can, provide a link to my original Atolm-gtk3 theme.
    You are welcome, and keep up the good work!
    I have added the link to both this thread and your deviantart page (which i already had a link to in another thread).  I wasn't going to claim credit for your work, no worries - as originally posted, i did mention it was based on Atolm-gtk3. I've actually recommended your theme to a few people. - My dad quite likes it
    ...as for my desktop being a "mess", I'm not exactly positive what you mean by that. ie: most of the contents of my desktop were temporary files in those screenshots.
    here is what my desktop looks like with the default gnome 3 background - with nautilus desktop, minus the icons/launchers/scirpts i was working on, and my clock also moved to the top, accordingly (to match the default background, in mine is it inset.) ;
    Depending on one's definition of "a mess", i would actually have to say, that in comparison - your desktop is actually quite the clutter'ed (don't mind the pun!) little mess.  You will notice, i do not require gnome-panel at all, or even gnome-shell - in my gnome 3 experience.... I have a single dock off to the side (to maximize widescreen real-estate), it also provides a gtk2 style start-menu (much faster than G3 menus) and allows me to access any setting/app not visible on the desktop.  I am not required to leave my desktop to do anything, at all. - any and all transitions used to move between apps/desktops  - happens without the disturbance or inconvenience of leaving my desktop, in any visually noticable way...including also being able to shut-off compositing, without interruption - which is impossible in Gnome-Shell. So i tend to think my desktop is much more minimal, and actually quite organized, thought out and simplified.... in fact as a tablet user, i don't even require clicking the mouse to change workspaces/applications, I need only move my stylus to whatever edge/corner triggers the desired function. i can also control every detail with a few only a few "clicks". I wouldn't call that a mess - i would say it's quite elegant, fast and smooth. it's like using an iPad or PC tablet. (but it's my desktop).
    it's also important to note that I have different design goals with my modification of your theme. My theme overlaps the menubar/toolbar,  on top of the window decoration by about 3 pixels (at the top of window, where the decoration meets the gtk-window)... this is to help ensure little to no "tearing", when using compositing effects which "heavily" distort windows - like wobbly windows, shift-switcher, etc. (there aren't any comparable effects in Mutter/Gnome-shell, that i have seen yet). - So i needed to fix problems that were quite visible in the original Atolm-gtk3 theme, when using Compiz++.  had i not fixed them, the theme would have appeared very messy and somewhat broken on my desktop....
    I also wanted sharp edges and borders to be more defined, as i often use window-tiling and also have a very dark-desktop. - i don't like having to focus my eyes to hard, so i also prefer contrast of colors and tones.  I work from home (@ two of my jobs) and spend a lot of late nights in front of the computer - light themes and/or themes with color schemes that lack contrast - become hard on the eyes, or cause you to need to be closer to the monitor. (which is bad for the eyes) i am even quite comfortable reading from 3/5 feet away - no joke!
    ...and i do prefer how nautilus' icon-view looks in my theme. the toolbar and background blend quite nicely (although i wish the toolbar had transparency, so that when scrolling, the icons would fade under the toolbar - that would be sweet!!! although at some point, i'm planning on ditching Nautilus anyway, when " Marlin" becomes production ready.
    My  theme still needs some work, and i have a few things i intend to add, as well. but i think another few hours of tweaking it, will enhance it and fix any issues...  ( i've only put in maybe 45minutes to maybe an hour, so  far - and this is my first attempt at gtk3 .css styling)...
    but i am thankful, because your theme provided a nice-base and i was able to learn a little bit more about theming becasue of it thanks again for your theme!
    jordan
    Last edited by triplesquarednine (2011-05-13 19:32:20)

  • VLC really looks ugly under Openbox (Qt related I think)

    Hello Archers
    I'm still trying Openbox, and I've met a problem with VLC media player
    It really looks UGLY under Openbox, I've searched a little bid, and found that VLC use Qt
    I thing that it's THE problem I must have an ugly qt thême set by default...
    I googled that, I found something called "Qgtkstyle" and "Qtconfig" but any of them are in the repo
    I would like to be able to set a cute qt theme, but I do not want to install too many apps from KDE (I'm very limited by my HDD (2GB))
    Thank you
    Last edited by Lowra (2010-06-05 09:15:14)

    Qtconfig is in the package qt. The style of qt apps is in /usr/lib/qt/plugins/styles. Look this http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=90720. I think that  you can copy the style from some installation with kde.
    Last edited by educev (2010-06-05 09:44:52)

  • I cannot open any of my Hotmail e-mail messages, delete them, look at other ones, nothing. All I can do is sign in and that is it.

    I cannot open any of my Hotmail e-mail messages, delete them, look at other old ones, nothing. All I can do is sign in and that is it. I have tried deleting cookies, clearing the cache space, rebooting the computer, rebooting my internet connection, refreshing the page several times. Here is the thing. I can get on the page and read my mail, etc. like normal if i use Internet Explorer, but I prefer Firefox. The problem is Firefox and I rely on my e-mail for job purposes. I hope someone can help me!!!

    Nevermind. I finally found a third party answer and will post it for anyone else with my problem.
    >Go to the iTunes store.
    >Halfway down the page, right hand side, says account
    >Under account it says purchaced, select that
    >Wa-la

  • A series of video files (0001.MTS to 0005.MTS) were imported into premiere, when moved to timeline premiere combined them and made them look like one long clip nmed 0001.MTS. Multiple motion edits and opacity edits were made. When project manager moved th

    A series of video files (0001.MTS to 0005.MTS) were imported into premiere, when moved to timeline premiere combined them and made them look like one long clip named 0001.MTS. Multiple motion edits and opacity edits were made. When project manager moved the project, the actual video content of 0002.MTS to 0005.MTS was missing(source clips are still there but they were playing and working as part of that 0001.MTS timeline clip before). Those parts of the 0001.MTS clip in the timeline were Danger Striped and can be relinked but now have no edits anymore. The edits are apparently only linked with the original 0001.MTS source clip but extend beyond the actual range of the actual source clip. At the time I thought it was weird that premiere displayed the whole string of clips as one (with one name and no breaks) but it all works in the original project file but cannot be transferred to another location without multiple clips showing Danger Stripes.I need to move it and preserve the dozens of motion and opacity edits linked to the apparently oversized timeline clip. HELP!! any ideas?
    I did not nest any clips or sequences, premiere just seemed to combine the clips under one name when I moved them to timeline.
    I am using CS5.

    A series of video files (0001.MTS to 0005.MTS) were imported into premiere, when moved to timeline premiere combined them and made them look like one long clip named 0001.MTS. Multiple motion edits and opacity edits were made. When project manager moved the project, the actual video content of 0002.MTS to 0005.MTS was missing(source clips are still there but they were playing and working as part of that 0001.MTS timeline clip before). Those parts of the 0001.MTS clip in the timeline were Danger Striped and can be relinked but now have no edits anymore. The edits are apparently only linked with the original 0001.MTS source clip but extend beyond the actual range of the actual source clip. At the time I thought it was weird that premiere displayed the whole string of clips as one (with one name and no breaks) but it all works in the original project file but cannot be transferred to another location without multiple clips showing Danger Stripes.I need to move it and preserve the dozens of motion and opacity edits linked to the apparently oversized timeline clip. HELP!! any ideas?
    I did not nest any clips or sequences, premiere just seemed to combine the clips under one name when I moved them to timeline.
    I am using CS5.

  • [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)

    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.

  • My firefox 4 default theme looks nothing like the one in the video.

    I just installed firefox 4. Sadly my default theme looks nothing like the one in the video..
    Heres how it looks..
    http://i51.tinypic.com/2w5ru4o.png

    First you need to use the default theme "Default 4.0" in "Tools" > "Add-ons" > "Appearance".
    After that, right click the top bar and unckeck "Menu Bar". This will disable the menu bar and show the orange Firefox button.
    Make sure you have also "Tabs on top" checked.
    I also see you use ChromiFox theme in Firefox 3. If you want to have a similar theme for Firefox 4, you can download the FXChrome theme.
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fxchrome/

Maybe you are looking for