Gnome 3.6 default GTK2 theme

Matthias Clasen mclasen at redhat.com
Mon Jan 21 18:19:48 UTC 2013


----- Original Message -----
> .. is a major step down from Gnome 3.4 and previous.
> 
> Problems:
> - GtkFrame widgets have no color. They do not show up at all now.
> This
> was the default in GTK3 for a while but I filed a bug and had it
> changed.
> - A 1px black line on all widget box borders. Very visually
> unappealing.
> Thunderbird shows this most visibly.
> - When you click on a application menu bar item the text changes to
> white. The menu bar is already white so the text essentially
> disappears.
> - The scroll bar used to be a close match to the GTK3 bar but now it
> looks like something from 1997.
> - The mouse-over color for GtkCheckBoxes is black. The whole widget
> and
> surrounding area turns black.
> - Buttons in Firefox are black (with black text!) until you mouse
> over.
> Just go to http://bugzilla.gnome.org and look at the buttons. You'll
> just see a black boxes.
> 
> QT apps use the GTK2 theme so QT apps are affected as well.
> 
> I would hope a bug for these issues was already opened, but if no one
> can point me to one I will open one.

I see the difference in frame rendering; we should get that fixed. But all the other points don't happen here. Not sure what to say.


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