Questions tagged [gtkrc]

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How do I get same scrollbar style for gtk-2.0 and gtk-3.0 apps?

Sorry for my English mistakes, I'm Spanish. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 in a tablet. I've removed overlay-scrollbars and I have increased the scrollbars size to use them with fingers. In /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc I've…
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How to configure Gnome 3 through a configuration file?

Before, one could configure certain options in Gnome 2.x through the ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file. With Gnome 3, one would assume that ~/.gtkrc-3.0 works but it doesn't.
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Change gtk-2 scrollbar to something like overlay scrollbar (in appearance)

When there are scroll wheels on mice and scrollbar functions on thouchpads, a low contrast wide scrollbar doesn’t make sense. So I wanted to change gtk-2.0 scrollbar to something like overlay one – orange narrow slider with white background. I…
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How can I theme the Pidgin conversation window?

I have been looking for a way to theme the Pidgin conversation window to match my Ubuntu (12.10) theme. I have tracked it down to the gtkrc-2.0 (gtkrc-3.0?) file and now know that if a customized file is placed in the .purple directory, the default…
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How to get Emacs keybindings in Firefox using Mate?

I have the following line in my ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file: gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs" And that works fine in Firefox and e.g. gnome-charachter-map if I use Gnome Classic to log in. Pressing ctrl-a in this text field sends the cursor to the start of the…
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How to change font size in autocomplete dropbox

Screenshot: I probably need to change something in theme gtkrc file, but I can't find what needs to be changed so that I reduce font size by one unit Just for reference, I found similar question on SO (although it's about Ubuntu 11.10): How to…
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Libre Office Calc - small sheet toolbar?

is there any possible way to enlarge this toolbar where sheets are listed (Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3, ...)? See the below screenshot: In my case, these cards are so small that it's barely possible to click on it. Please help!
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Consistency of GTK2 menus with GTK3

As mentioned in an OMG! Ubuntu! post, menus and toolbars of GTK3 apps are fixed in Ubuntu themes. But there’s still an inconsistency in Ubuntu theming between GTK2 and GTK3 menus where GTK2 apps don’t follow theme colors for menus. I know this is…
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What's the location of a personal 'gtkrc' file in Ubuntu 12.04?

Good day everyone! I am currently writting a software that makes easy to change default cursor theme with a few clicks. At this point it works well, but applications like Firefox or Lazarus IDE remain with the DMZ-White cursor, everything else is…
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Gnome (or maybe unity?) ignoring gtkrc settings

This is related to the recurring "white on black tooltips" question. Until yesterday I was able to change tooltip colors (and fix UI element padding) using a specific gtkrc file for eclipse, as suggested by this blog post. My gtkrc looks like…
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Customize gtkrc theme xfce-flat

I want to change color of the left sidebar Can anyone help me out?
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Editing Raleigh GTK theme

There's the default GTK theme in XFCE called Raleigh. I would like to change the dark blue color (#4b6983) to something different. But if I go to /usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/ and take a look at the gtkrc file all I get to see is this: This…
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Theming gtk2 pcmanfm or any gtk2 app

I'm using PCManFM and I want to change the sidebar to a grey color. I know there's a Gtk 3 version but I don't want to add another repository. I'm also learning the Gtk+ UI toolkit and how Gtk theming works so I'd like to learn with this…
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