[SOLVED]global application appearance settings

I am using arch-linux with i3 window manager and I have recently installed
[bold]gnome-color-chooser[/bold] because I need to change the global settings
for the text color in every installed app.
For example:
- in skype, everything is coloured with a light grey so it is impossible to read my contacts names
- in vlc menu the same colour...
plus in google chrome when I hover a bookmark inside a folder the text disappears..
As I mentioned before, I am trying to change some settings via gnome-color-chooser (GUI) but
nothing changes at all in the application's menus.
I would appreciate it if somebody give me his lights! Thanks!
Last edited by dsar (2014-10-15 12:50:28)

Trilby wrote:
dsar wrote:Which is the best way to know what you have installed?
The only things you should have installed, you have installed with pacman - you should know what you have done.
Personally I avoid toolkits - this is a personal preference that would not fit others well at all, so I don't advise avoiding them, this is just me. So if I try to install a package, and pacman reports that qt4 will be installed as a dependency, then I know the package of interest uses qt. In my case, I'd probably just chose not to use it. I've learned to tolerate gtk2, but if I try to install a package and pacman reports that it will install gtk3 as a dependency, then I cancel it and I find another alternative.
So you should know which toolkit(s) you already have installed - if new ones are to be added as new dependencies, pacman will report this to you before you says 'Y' to continue.
If you install a new program and pacman does not report that it will install any new toolkit dependencies, then the new program either uses no toolkit, or only uses one that you have already installed and configured, so there is no reason to worry about it.
In other words - if you have qt4 and gtk2 installed and themed as you like, then you try to install package X. Pacman reports no new toolkit dependencies, so package X either uses qt4 or gtk2 (or no toolkit), as you have already themed those two, there is nothing else you need to worry about. If pacman reports that package X will pull in gtk3 as a dependency, then you might need to recheck your themes to make sure they will also apply to gtk3.
Very well! It Seems very organized to me! Thank you

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