[SOLVED] Why do some GTK apps refuse to change appearance?

I have some gtk applications like Brasero, Nautilus etc. that do not follow lxappearance config in "~/gtk-3.0/setting.ini" and ".gtkrc-2.0"
gtk-theme-name="ThinIce"
gtk-icon-theme-name="Tango"
gtk-font-name="Sans 10"
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"
pcmanfm however does work fine and correctly uses icons/themes, while others do use some default icons and pretty ugly theme.
Why is so?
Last edited by tasty_minerals (2011-09-16 11:55:10)

pcmanfm and pidgin use gtk2, brasero and nautilis gtk3. lxappearance sets correctly gtk2 and fails at gtk3 as said before. GT2 and GTK3 configs are not the same. GTK3 is backwars compatible IIRC meaning you can use your gtk3 theme for gtk2 apps but not viceversa.
Seems that something in your gtk3 config is wrong ¿Are you using a gtk2 theme for gtk3?
for the libreoffice issue if you're using a dark theme: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … -qt-engine

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