Questions tagged [gtk]
Questions about the GTK+ graphical user interface toolkit. Used by desktops such as Cinnamon, GNOME, XFCE, Budgie, Mate, and Unity.
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How Do I know if a software has KDE or GNOME dependencies?
I came to know that there are Desktop Independent Apps and Desktop Dependent Apps.
In a Fedora forum thread Gnome vs KDE applications there is this:
keep in mind the distinction between 'KDE apps'...
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Spotify doesn't start [closed]
Spotify doesn't start and I don't know where to search for the problem.
When I start spotify from the terminal, I get this:
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
Gtk-Message: Failed ...
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finding out about gtk+
I'm uncertain of how "threads" work in this environment, and my first post was going to have to switch directions, as steeldriver pointed out that I probably want to look at gtk+ as a source of my ...
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GTK themes not working on Qt5 apps
I'm running Xubuntu 16.04.1 right now (w/ XFCE4). I do a lot of Qt5 application development. Right now the applications that I'm making aren't matching the GTK theme that I have set (which is "...
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GTK load module failures for snap-installed app that runs fine otherwise
My snap-installed app is a wxWidgets application. It runs fine after compilation and linkage, but it doesn't work once installed from a snap. I'm assuming that when I type the name of my app, that ...
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GTK+ errors in many operations
When I try skype --secondary, I get:
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "unity-gtk-module"
With sudo nautilus I get:
(nautilus:15683): Gtk-...
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"No protocol specified , Could not open X display" error when Running bleachbit as root on KDE
I have this error when running bleachbit through sudo or as root:
~$ sudo bleachbit
No protocol specified
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: GtkWarning: could not open ...
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Preserving GTK theme with gksudo
I have a computer with two (non simultaneous) users who are both in the sudo group. Is there a way to preserve the user's GTK theme with gksudo, for instance when running the update manager? By ...
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Skype doesn't work anymore
Today I got an update to Skype 4.3. I was really happy to see that and I immediately update it from 4.2 through software update program (default in Ubuntu). After the update I tried to start Skype but ...
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winpdb GUI not running
I installed winpdb ( a python debugger ) . When I tried to run it's GUI version it showed this error
wxPython was not found.
wxPython 2.6 or higher is required to run the winpdb GUI.
wxPython is the ...
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Unselect the Gtk TreeSelection when cleraing the TreeStore model [closed]
I followed the python-gtk-3-tutorial and implemented a simple file browser using Gtk TreeView. It works pretty well, but but my problem is, that by the time of the initialization the first item in the ...
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Can't launch JD-GUI on Ubuntu 12.10 64bits
When I try to open JD-GUI via the terminal it gives me the following error
error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
So ...
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Problem embedding a pylab Figure in a Gtk application using quickly
I am currently trying to build a simple app that includes some pylab figures. I just started to use quickly and I am concerned about some import issues. That is, none of the matplotlib backends will ...
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Gnome overlay scrollbar in Firefox
I've been looking for a way to get Gnome's overlay scrollbar working in Firefox. By its appearance, it seems like Firefox is using the standard non-overlay GTK scrollbar, but I haven't found a way to ...
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Text justification in gtk.MenuItem
I'm writing an appindicator python script for my Gnome panel (under Ubuntu 12.10, English as the system-wide language) with a gtk.Menu, containing MenuItem's with Hebrew labels.
The text is correctly ...
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Emacs GTK keybindings theme in 13.04
I'm trying to enable Emacs GTK keybindings in a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04, but it doesn't seem to take effect.
What I have already tried:
enabling it in gnome-tweak-tool
executing gconftool-2 --...
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No Unity/compiz after boot - GTK problem?
ASUS Zenbook Prime, Ubuntu 12.10 using double boot with Windows 7.
While working in Ubuntu, suddenly file icons didn't display properly anymore (all icons where the same white page) and desktop ...
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Gtk Textview: Pango Letter Spacing
I am desperatly trying to find some working solution on how to modify the Letter Spacing in a GTK TextView.
I am using python with GTK 3.6 -- It seems that the solution is to somehow use Pango, but I ...
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How to access parent window in dialog
I am using Quickly and created the main window and a dialog. In the main window I am setting access to database (u1db) in the finish_initializing method (self.db=...). After an action I open a dialog ...
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Make new instance of main window, python gtk
I am fairly new to python and gtk and I am writing an app for the Ubuntu App Showdown using Quickly. I want to make a new instance of the main window when the user clicks on 'New'.
I have the button ...
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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 ...
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Can I adjust the timeout of the filter box in GTK?
I'm running ubuntu 11.10 and I was wondering if somebody knows how to modify the timeout in gtk3 for the small "filter" box that appears when you start typing in a list / nautilus folder (in 2.x it ...
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How to use application indicator for KDE application?
How can I use libappindicator to create an application indicator for a KDE app in C++ without using GTK? The example shown here uses GTK to create the menu. Is this necessary? Is there a KDE ...
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Use gnome custom themes appearance in KDE?
Is there a way to get the colors of a gnome custom theme to KDE without matching every single setting manually? (Theres tons of different color settings in the KDE color schemes, most of which I even ...
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Gnome on-screen keyboard not working with GTK app [20.04]
After upgrading from 18.04 to 20.04 the OSK stopped displaying for focused entries in my GTK Desktop app. It still works fine for other GTK apps like firefox, but I'm not sure where to look for a ...
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Is using call_soon_threadsafe and GLib.idle_add together the correct way to safely call GTK code from asyncio, or is it overkill?
I have an application that runs in an asyncio event loop and I want to add a feature that interacts with my Gnome Shell, in particular sending a notification. Since GTK has its own (incompatible, I ...
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Alter GTK2 style (only) in Ubuntu 20.04
I know there's Qt5ct for tweaking the look of QT apps in Ubuntu, but I have a couple apps I use a lot (like gmusicbrowser) which are only stable in a gtk2 version.
In the case of gmusicbrowser, the ...
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How to get a Pure Black Ubuntu Theme
I need a pure black theme for Ubuntu Gnome. The themes that I am finding are greyish-black. Please recommend some pure black theme that I can use with Ubuntu.
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Can 'Save as' in Atril be configured to open the file chooser with most recent directory selected instead of /home/Documents for downloaded PDFs?
For downloaded PDF files opened in Atril, the 'Save as' file chooser dialogue defaults to the /home/Documents directory, which is not what I want to use 100% of the time. Ideally I would like to be ...
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Kubuntu 20.04 has several GTK Issues
I did a fresh Kubuntu 20.04 install and I could already solve some little issues. But I can't figure out how to solve the following issues with two necessary GTK programs.
phpStorm (version 2018.3) ...
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Is there a Gtk 3 version of Audacity?
I am using Audacity to edit simple sound files (crop, noise reduction, etc) and I consider it to be perfect for small tasks like these. However, after I installed it from the Snap Store, I found it to ...
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Applying kvantum themes to Gtk applications
Is there any way to apply Kvantum themes to Gtk applications in Kubuntu 18.04?
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Difference between desktops (lubuntu) qt, gtk? [duplicate]
Upon installing Ubuntu, I get to choose what more to install, but what's the difference between:
Lubuntu minimal installation
Lubuntu desktop
Lubuntu minimal installation GTK part
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Can't find Gtk header file
I've searched this forum and the internet, but still can't find a solution.
I want to compile a simple Gtk example program. I use the recommended pkg-config in the compile instruction. But pkg-config ...
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Is there possible to using “if-then-else” statement in keyboard-binding gtk.css file?
Here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4747264/is-it-possible-to-use-arrow-keys-alone-to-expand-tree-node-in-package-explorer-i/ I've found good idea to change behavior of treeview in eclipse. I'd ...
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configure: error: Can't find Tk configuration definitions
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configuring the build of gtkwave from source gives me the following error:
checking for Tk configuration... configure: error: Can't find Tk configuration definitions. Use --with-tk to ...
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How to restore correct window control behaviour in Gnome? [closed]
I'm having an issue on my laptop which is preventing me from changing the settings for GTK+ applications that use headerbars. Non-header bar applications are working just fine.
What happened is that ...
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Why do some apps look ugly after upgrade to 18.10?
For example Inkscape, or Deluge:
Yaru theme is really nice, but why doesn't it work in some apps?
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Creating a python "applet" for ubuntu (gnome) utility panel
I'm interested in creating an applet for the gnome "utility panel" in python. I really don't even need any interactivity. I just want to display some text and have it change occasionally based on ...
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Broken GTK theme after upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04
I upgraded my Ubuntu to version 18.04.1 LTS and everything works fine except that windows don't appear correctly as you can see in the screenshot :
padding and borders are missing on windows menu and ...
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GTK+ update appears to have messed up my application fonts
A few hours ago I installed a set of updates including GTK+ and I've noticed that my application menu fonts now look unsightly.
For example Netbeans
And Pinta
How can I revert back to the nicer ...
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How to startX as non-root user inside the rc.local?
I am trying to start startx as non-root user in my Ubuntu-server 16.04(Linux nanopim1 3.4.113-sun8i #16 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 13 14:15:57 CEST 2017 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux) with openbox installed ...
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How to fix cursor and icon display size issues for 4k display?
I am running Ubuntu 17.10 on a 4k display. In general, things look fine in the GNOME shell. However, some GTK/Qt applications still have trouble displaying properly, including:
mouse cursor size
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Snap Package doesn't integrate with GTK, why?
I recently downloaded Libreoffice in Snap package format.
However it doesn't integrate very well or at all into to the system GTK settings.
Is there a way to forcible integrate snap packages?
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Eclipse Javadoc broken with GTK 3
I use an Ubuntu 16.04 VM with VirtualBox 5.1.14 on a Windows 10 host. I updated to the latest guest additions as well.
When I run Eclipse (Neon.2, 4.6.2) in the VM, my method hover dialog and Javadoc ...
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GUI issues in Ubuntu 16.10
I upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10 yesterday. Every since I upgraded the laptop, GUI elements in various applications such as firefox and Unity Tweak Tool are not rendering as they should....
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GTK theme / font rendering broken on first login, but works on second login
For a few months I'm experience strange font rendering issue on an Ubuntu 14.04 system. When I login for the first time after the system is booted, something is wrong with the font rendering. Examples:...
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(Gnome, libappindicator) AppIndicator disappears when indicator-application-service is started
I'm using this example: https://gist.github.com/davidboy/1045233 on Ubuntu 14.04 [Gnome Classic]. The system tray icon is shown. But it disappears when the indicator-application-service starts. After ...
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Problem with the widgets of GTK Theme
I've been tweaking GTK Theme called "Yosembiance" to my taste. Basically I want to remove the orange accent color and use #9E9EB3 as the accent color.
I've installed TheWidgetFactory and all the ...
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