GTK+3 config Arch/LXDE

Question

I use Arch + LXDE. I performed a full system upgrade and upgraded packages seems to have included GTK+3. Since the upgrade, my GTK+3 progs such as GEdit, Evince, etc. look somehow terrible (unusual padding between button texts and button boundaries, ...) and I don't have the gtkrc in home.

pacman -S gtk3 too, can't return the RC file. What should I do? Thanks for helps.

Solution 1

Because your current theme doesn't support GTK3, i.e a gtk-3.0 folder in the themes directory, all GTK3-based apps will look ugly (they will use the default built-in theme),

So simply go to gnome-look.org and find some awesome theme (in the gtk-3.0 category, which will support both GTK2 and GTK3), and put it in ~/.themes.

To change the theme, use lxappearance.

Solution 2

Try using a theme which provides a uniform look for GTK+ 3.x and GTK+ 2.x applications, like Zukitwo (you can find it in the AUR too https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49377).

Install the theme and set it with LXAppearance, which you should have already installed since you use LXDE. Otherwise

pacman -S lxappearance

It handles the configuration for both GTK versions.

Comments

[Wieland]

GTK3 settings are saved in ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

[Terrence]

I don't have the gtk-3.0 directory there.

[Terrence]

Ok, but if I wanna keep this minimal theme, but just correct it's config what should I do? I mean even this crappy(ied) theme ought to have a config file somewhere, doesn't it?