[SOLVED] GTK3 Apps Look Crappy in XFCE4

Hello,
I've been running XFCE4 for a while, and I have several GTK3 applications that don't look very good, such as Glade (extra/glade 3.10.0-2), or even things as simple as my ScreenShot scripts, that I have bound to <Print> and <Alt>Print.
Here is a screenshot of my ScreenShot script.
and a screenshot of Glade 3.10.0.
MOD EDIT : follow image posting rules -- Inxsible
http://themattbeballin.doesntexist.com/ … deGTK3.png
Now, I did think it was part of my script using Zenity for my screenshot, until it did it in Glade too.
I tried using these fixes I found in the forums.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 88#p935988
and
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 73#p914873
Neither of which actually worked. Maybe it was just my computer, but neither seemed to have worked. Are there any fixes for this issue?
Last edited by themattbeballin (2011-05-18 22:49:31)

Foucault wrote:
What I did was
ln -s /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-3.0 ~/.config/
After a new login the GTK 3 applications will use the Adwaita theme.
I tried that, didn't work.
Inxsible wrote:Do not paste large images/screenshots. Use thumbnails.
Sorry.
EDIT: After trying the SymLink again, it worked. Thank you Foucault.
Last edited by themattbeballin (2011-05-18 22:49:21)

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