Text on right in GNOME/GTK apps in Openbox

On the toolbars of my GTK/GNOME apps, the toolbar has text underneath the icons, I was wondering if this could be changed to be on the right, alongside the icon.
I know this can be done in GNOME, but I'm running in Openbox, so I'm guessing the configuration might be hidden somewhere, I'm looking to gconf, could be wrong...
I know this is just a minor thing, but im a bit of a perfectionist

Thanks SamC, just used lxappearance (though I quickly reinstated my method of doing things) from it I found that you can just add this to .gtkrc.mine:
gtk-toolbar-style=3
I've also just found this:
http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/index. … g_GTK_Apps
Which also helps

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Hi,
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I observed this behavior in nautilus, pidgin, gimp, gvim and gtk-demo, but for example firefox and thunderbird are not affected (I assume these are gtk apps, they look like they are).
For the records, I'm not running a gnome session, I use gdm to start e17.
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resi wrote:
Hi,
since I upgraded to gnome 2.30.0 a couple of days ago some applications pop up their menus in the wrong place.
No matter on which of my monitors the app is running, the menu pops up on the primary one.
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! file: ~/.xmodmap
! vim:enc=utf-8:nu:ai:si:et:ts=4:sw=4:ft=xmodmap:
! Modifiers
! clear the modifiers and locks
! remember to add them after all keysyms have been assigned
clear Shift
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clear Mod2
clear Mod3
clear Mod4
clear Mod5
! Shift + Shift initiates ShiftLock mode, which allows
! for shifted behaviour on all keys.
! This can act as replacement for Caps_Lock.
! Toggle it off with one single shift keypress.
keycode 50 = Shift_L Shift_Lock
keycode 62 = Shift_R Shift_Lock
! standard Left Alt, except I prefer meta over alt
keycode 64 = Meta_L Alt_L
! "Menu" key, shifts us into the next group permanenty (toggle)
! I actually don't use this myself, but left it here for future study.
! keycode 135 = ISO_Next_Group ISO_Prev_Group
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! |--- Group 1 ---| |--- Group 2 ---|
! Special Keys
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keycode 23 = Tab ISO_Left_Tab
keycode 22 = BackSpace Terminate_Server
keycode 36 = Return
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keycode 49 = grave asciitilde
keycode 10 = 1 exclam
keycode 11 = 2 at
keycode 12 = 3 numbersign
keycode 13 = 4 dollar
keycode 14 = 5 percent
keycode 15 = 6 asciicircum
keycode 16 = 7 ampersand
keycode 17 = 8 asterisk
keycode 18 = 9 parenleft
keycode 19 = 0 parenright
keycode 20 = minus underscore
keycode 21 = equal plus
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keycode 24 = q Q
keycode 25 = w W
keycode 26 = e E
keycode 27 = r R
keycode 28 = t T
keycode 29 = y Y
keycode 30 = u U Prior
keycode 31 = i I Home
keycode 32 = o O End
keycode 33 = p P
keycode 34 = bracketleft braceleft Escape
keycode 35 = bracketright braceright
! Home Row
keycode 38 = a A
keycode 39 = s S
keycode 40 = d D Delete
keycode 41 = f F
keycode 42 = g G
keycode 43 = h H Left
keycode 44 = j J Down
keycode 45 = k K Up
keycode 46 = l L Right
keycode 47 = semicolon colon
keycode 48 = apostrophe quotedbl
keycode 51 = backslash bar
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keycode 94 = less greater
keycode 52 = z Z
keycode 53 = x X
keycode 54 = c C
keycode 55 = v V
keycode 56 = b B BackSpace
keycode 57 = n N Next
keycode 58 = m M
keycode 59 = comma less
keycode 60 = period greater
keycode 61 = slash question
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keycode 68 = F2 XF86_Switch_VT_2
keycode 69 = F3 XF86_Switch_VT_3
keycode 70 = F4 XF86_Switch_VT_4
keycode 71 = F5 XF86_Switch_VT_5
keycode 72 = F6 XF86_Switch_VT_6
keycode 73 = F7 XF86_Switch_VT_7
keycode 74 = F8 XF86_Switch_VT_8
keycode 75 = F9 XF86_Switch_VT_9
keycode 76 = F10 XF86_Switch_VT_10
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keycode 96 = F12 XF86_Switch_VT_12
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keycode 88 = KP_Down KP_2
keycode 89 = KP_Next KP_3
keycode 83 = KP_Left KP_4
keycode 84 = KP_Begin KP_5
keycode 85 = KP_Right KP_6
keycode 79 = KP_Home KP_7
keycode 80 = KP_Up KP_8
keycode 81 = KP_Prior KP_9
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keycode 82 = KP_Subtract XF86_Prev_VMode
keycode 91 = KP_Delete KP_Decimal
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keycode 119 = Delete
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keycode 110 = Home
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keycode 117 = Next
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keycode 174 = XF86AudioStop
keycode 173 = XF86AudioPrev
keycode 171 = XF86AudioNext
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keycode 111 = Up
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! Fn+F8
keycode 121 = XF86AudioMute
! Fn+F4
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keycode 122 = XF86AudioLowerVolume
keycode 123 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
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keycode 233 = XF86MonBrightnessUp
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Hi all,
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Master One wrote:
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Improve gtk apps startup time.

Hi,
I wanted to do a little survery, on whether the "problem" that I have is specific to my computer, or this is how things should be.
Starting a gtk app (like gedit or rox) takes about 1-2 seconds on my system. I know for some people this is not much, but when I work I don't want to wait 2 seconds for app like gedit to start. It is not a matter of wasting time, rather a matter of changing focus. If I press win+r I would like to have rox to be open instantly, so I don't start to think about something else.
I know this is possible, as running uzbl is really fast. It seems like starting in the moment of issuing the command. I know it doesn't use lot of gtk, only some glib.
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Do you think such situation is normal? Anyon knows how to decrease the delay?
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flamelab wrote:Gedit is bloated ? Since when ?
I'm talking more the libraries/start up here then general usage.
What are you running them on? A *box, GNOME, KDE? I've always felt that gtk apps on KDE (for example) take a little longer. More my opinion than anything else. Which is understandable, considering the QT bias. Mostly, though, I'd say it comes down to the app. For maximum speed you want something that's small and uses very few (or always loaded) libraries.
NOTE: Gtk apps seem to start faster on my awesome setup than with GNOME. Do any of the GNOME processes (like gnome-settings-daemon) increase the load time? I feel as if they might.
EDIT: Yes, gVim is gtk.
ANOTHER EDIT: If you want a very fast, light, text editor then try mousepad.
Last edited by Crows (2009-08-17 17:12:56)

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Right, I had seen this page (I should have pointed it out in the first post) and tried with a couple of themes, but the issue persisted and sometimes I had issues with cursor scaling in my multi-monitor setup. I expect I could create a new theme overwriting the cross cursor, but probably there are easier solutions.

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Here's my environment:
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[solved] Gnome/GTK icons missing

Hey,
yet another icon missing topic, but I didn't find anything similar to my problem in this forum.
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3432 … gicon1.png
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/4341 … gicon2.png
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/7168 … gicon3.png
As you can see, icons are missing not only in the gnome menu, but also
in firefox (gtk app). Therefore, I think the problem is more related to GTK?!
Yes, I tried serveral icon themes and engines, no success.
1. Anyone out there who got the same problem?
Because laptop and desktop have the same issue.
2. Any further information about this issue?
3. Any suggestions/advices?
Thanks in advance,
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Last edited by Rabauke (2009-12-19 14:20:19)

Saend wrote:
Re-Enable Button Icons In Gnome 2.28
* Open up gconf-editor (either through a terminal, menu shortcut or Alt+F2)
* Navigate to: desktop > gnome > interface and check "buttons have icons"
* To enable Menu icons check 'Menus_have_icons'.
Source: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/10/miss … armic.html
thanks! that is what i needed, why is that off to begin with?

A way to re-enable scroll bar buttons in Gnome (GTK) 3?

Is there a way to re-enable or add the scrollbar buttons (on the top and bottom of vertical scrollbars or on the left and right of horizontal scrollbars) in Gnome (GTK) 3?

Nice. I searched for those properties and set the values to 1 in my theme's gtk-widgets.css file (my theme is RevoLT by Malys) then refreshed the theme (by changing to a different theme then changing back) but nothing happened and there were no scrollbar buttons.
It worked after logging out then logging back in though. Is there a way to refresh themes in the classic "Fallback Mode" without logging out and in? Gnome Shell allows you to do Alt+F2 then run the "r" command but in fallback mode that doesn't work.
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Ugly fonts in GTK apps on e17

Hello, I would want to know how I can change the fonts of GTK apps in e17, cause it looks really ugly compared with gnome...
This is my gnome desktop:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4176/pantallazomp4.png
And this my e17 desktop:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8717/2 … 400rm8.png
What can I do?
Greetings

Davigetto wrote:
Hello, I would want to know how I can change the fonts of GTK apps in e17, cause it looks really ugly compared with gnome...
This is my gnome desktop:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4176/pantallazomp4.png
And this my e17 desktop:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8717/2 … 400rm8.png
What can I do?
Greetings
can i be honest?!
imo the fonts in e17 are looking better than on the gnome-shot!
the fonts in gnome are blurred and letters like the "m" look like i'm squinting.
this is my /etc/fonts/local.conf:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>


<match target="pattern" name="family">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Courier</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign">

<string>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<edit name="rgba" mode="assign">
<const>rgb</const>
</edit>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
<edit name="hinting" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="font">
<test name="weight" compare="more">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>

<selectfont>
<rejectfont>
<pattern>
<patelt name="scalable">
<bool>false</bool>
</patelt>
</pattern>
</rejectfont>
</selectfont>
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Last edited by iggy (2008-01-11 20:22:03)

Font corruption in GTK apps only

For a day or so now I have been seeing quite bad font corruption in GTK apps -- gtk-demo and Chromium both have this problem. QT apps are not affected. Forcing a font cache rebuild with `sudo fc-cache -rf` did not help the situation, and neither did reinstalling the affected fonts.
I did not upgrade or install any packages between the font rendering being fine, and it being corrupted (see the screenshot).
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/pF39tvm.png
Any ideas?
Last edited by cdown (2014-03-15 00:39:40)

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[NEARLY SOLVED] font rendering in gtk apps problem after last upgrade

Im' using KDE, cairo-lcd, libxft-lcd... my fonts looked beautifully, but now they look horrible...
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I've tried to revert to pango 1.16.5 with no lucky result (the same problem)...
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[2007-08-19 14:56] upgraded bind (9.4.1_P1-2 -> 9.4.1_P1-3)
[2007-08-19 14:56] upgraded glib2 (2.14.0-2 -> 2.14.0-3)
[2007-08-19 14:56] upgraded gnupg2 (2.0.5-1 -> 2.0.6-1)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded gtk2 (2.10.14-2 -> 2.10.14-3)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded kernel26ck (2.6.22.2.ck1-1 -> 2.6.22.3.ck1-1)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded libdownload (1.1-1 -> 1.1-2)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded libevent (1.3b-1 -> 1.3d-1)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded libxtst (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.3-1)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded nvidia-ck (100.14.11-2 -> 100.14.11-3)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded sip (4.6-1 -> 4.7-1)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded pyqt (3.17.2-1 -> 3.17.3-1)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded xf86-input-joystick (1.2.2-1 -> 1.2.3-1)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded xorg-server-utils (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.4-2)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded xorg-utils (1.0.2-2 -> 1.0.2-4)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded xorg-xdm (1.1.5-1 -> 1.1.6-1)
[2007-08-19 14:57] upgraded xterm (225-1 -> 229-1)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded cpio (2.8-1 -> 2.9-1)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded ed (0.5-3 -> 0.8-1)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded initscripts (2007.08-1 -> 2007.08-2)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded intltool (0.36.0-1 -> 0.36.1-1)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded libarchive (2.2.5-1 -> 2.2.6-1)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded man-pages (2.60-1 -> 2.64-1)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded pciutils (2.2.4-2 -> 2.2.6-1)
[2007-08-21 00:16] upgraded readline (5.2-2 -> 5.2-3)
[2007-08-22 00:16] upgraded gdbm (1.8.3-3 -> 1.8.3-4)
[2007-08-22 00:17] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.22.3-1 -> 2.6.22.4-2)
[2007-08-22 00:17] upgraded lcms (1.16-1 -> 1.17-1)
[2007-08-22 00:17] upgraded libice (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2007-08-22 00:17] upgraded libxrender (0.9.2-1 -> 0.9.3-1)
[2007-08-22 00:17] upgraded procinfo (18-3 -> 19-1)
[2007-08-22 00:17] upgraded xorg-apps (1.0.2-4 -> 1.0.3-1)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.22.4-2 -> 2.6.22.4-2.1)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded librsvg (2.18.0-1 -> 2.18.1-1)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded libxpm (3.5.6-1 -> 3.5.7-1)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded libxaw (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded makedev (3.8.3-1 -> 3.23-1)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded mcpp (2.6-1 -> 2.6.4-1)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded naim (0.11.8.2.1-1 -> 0.11.8.3.1-1)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded nfs-utils (1.0.12-2 -> 1.0.12-3)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded pam (0.81-4 -> 0.99.8.1-3.1)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded pango (1.16.5-1 -> 1.18.0-1)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded sox (13.0.0-1 -> 13.0.0-2)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded xorg-apps (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.3-2)
[2007-08-22 23:49] upgraded xtrans (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2007-08-25 15:25] upgraded glibc (2.6.1-1 -> 2.6.1-2)
[2007-08-25 15:25] upgraded bftpd (1.9-1 -> 2.0-1)
[2007-08-25 15:25] upgraded gcc (4.2.1-3 -> 4.2.1-3.1)
[2007-08-25 15:25] upgraded gtk-doc (1.8-2 -> 1.8-3)
[2007-08-25 15:25] upgraded hal-info (0.20070618-1 -> 0.20070725-1)
[2007-08-25 15:25] upgraded perl-xml-simple (2.16-2 -> 2.18-1)
[2007-08-25 15:25] upgraded icon-naming-utils (0.8.2-2 -> 0.8.5-1)
[2007-08-25 15:26] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.22.4-2.1 -> 2.6.22.5-1)
[2007-08-25 15:27] upgraded kernel26ck (2.6.22.3.ck1-1 -> 2.6.22.5.ck1-1)
[2007-08-25 15:27] upgraded libgnomeprint (2.18.0-1 -> 2.18.1-1)
[2007-08-25 22:41] removed libgnomeprintui (2.18.0-1)
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plz, someone help me
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Last edited by saneone (2007-08-30 18:11:32)

Bogart wrote:
I think the spacing now is correct, while before it was wrong. The only "problem" is that you got used to a bad font rendering, and now that it has changed for better you feel like it's different and don't like it.
Really, *most* of the problems that people find in Linux's fonts are just because they are used to the awful default fonts from Windows XP. Yes, people can even get used to those fonts and believe they're good!!! And when they see correct fonts in Linux they think they're bad...
What I would do is remove the MS TTF fonts. They work bad in Windows and worse in Linux. You should use Bitstream Vera or DejaVu if you want good quality fonts (especially in web pages).
But, then again, you might think that they look wrong just because you're not used to it... Oh, well...
What does correct font / correct spacing mean ?
IMO, that doesn't make any sense, because that's a totally subjective matter, like many other things in this world.
BTW, I love how fonts look in Windows, and I think that must be the only thing MS got right. Thus, I'm using ms fonts in linux, and a rendering as close as possible (no autohinting or antialiasing or subpixel rendering).
Similarly, I could find a woman beautiful that you would find ugly or just average. We are all different, and it's better that way

Weird font issues transitioning from KDE to GTK apps

I'm having some strange issues happening between programs. Firefox and Pidgin, two GTK apps, can render kanji symbols fine. However, if I attempt the same in Konqueror or Konsole, they render as boxes.
Clearly I have the right fonts. What do I do to make Konqueror read them properly?

Justin, Try the following:
1) Quit all open applications.
2) If you have 'Helvetica Fractions', 'Times Phonetic' or 'Rougue Stencil-Type' fonts installed, delete them.
3) Delete your fonts caches with *Font Finagler*, FontNuke or OnyX +(or with whatever utility you normally use)+
*Font Finagler <http://homepage.mac.com/mdouma46/fontfinagler/> (this is the BEST utility)*
FontNuke <http://www.jamapi.com/pr/fn/>
OnyX <http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html>
4) Restart your Mac
5) Open your Font Book->Edit menu 'Select All' fonts - from the File menu select 'Validate Fonts'
from the Edit menu select 'Resolve Duplicates'
Good luck,
Tom

What about recompiling GTK apps?

I'm having a lot of problems with GNOME and GTK apps since I upgraded from GTK 2.4.x to GTK 2.6.x. I'm sure others share my problems.
Wouldn't it be possible to just recompile all the packages which depend on GTK and place new versions in repos? Maybe this would fix the problems.

Xentac wrote:
Pajaro wrote:I thought that there was a dedicated server to compile packages so the developers just have to upload the PKGBUILD and the package appears there.
It really makes me wonder where you guys get this stuff from...
We're looking to replace you with a BASH script.

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