A Collection of GTK Tweaks, Fixes & Settings

ohnonot · 2019-10-19 08:47:04

This is just a collection of tweaks found elsewhere.

Here are those that go into ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

# various tweaks: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GTK+

# CSD: no buttons at all, only a menu hamburger:
gtk-decoration-layout=menu:

gtk-menu-popup-delay=0

# only icons on toolbars, no text
gtk-toolbar-style = GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
# just smaller icons
gtk-icon-sizes="panel-menu=16,16:panel=16,16:gtk-menu=16,16:gtk-large-toolbar=16,16:gtk-small-toolbar=16,16:gtk-button=16,16"

# make scrollbar buttons behave like they used to
gtk-primary-button-warps-slider=false

# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME/Tips_and_tricks#Disable_animations
# gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface enable-animations false
gtk-enable-animations=0

It's a little unclear if the above setting disables all animations: might be ebtter to enter this command, also:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface enable-animations false

Then there's a few tweaks for ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css, mostly to disable GTK3's own shadows, and client side decorations:

/*
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GTK%2B#Client-side_decorations
*/
.window-frame, .window-frame:backdrop {
 box-shadow: 0 0 0 black;
 border-style: none;
 margin: 0;
 border-radius: 0;
}

.titlebar {
 border-radius: 0;
}

.window-frame.csd.popup {
  box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.13);
}

.header-bar {
  background-image: none;
  background-color: #ededed;
  box-shadow: none;
}
/* You may want to use this if you don't like the double title.
GtkLabel.title {
    opacity: 0;
}*/


/* from oomox documentation (using with tiling wms) */
window decoration {
    margin: 0;
    border: 0;
}

/*
various tweaks: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GTK+
*/
/* Remove dotted lines from GTK+ 3 applications */
undershoot.top, undershoot.right, undershoot.bottom, undershoot.left { background-image: none; }

/*
testing linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/missing-scroll-bars-4175642135
*/
/*
scrollbar {
   -GtkScrollbar-has-backward-stepper: 1 !important;
   -GtkScrollbar-has-forward-stepper: 1 !important;
}
*/
/*
different version: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-mint-84/v18-1-to-v19-1-differences-4175653745/#post5994161
*/
/*
scrollbar {
    -GtkScrollbar-has-backward-stepper: true;
    -GtkScrollbar-has-forward-stepper: true;
}

scrollbar slider {
    min-width: 14px;
    min-height: 14px;
}

scrollbar button {
    min-width: 20px;
    min-height: 20px;
}
*/

some are commented out. Experiment.

All in all, it really pays to have a good read of these two pages:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GTK+
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GN … and_tricks

Last edited by ohnonot (2020-02-17 07:32:02)

johnraff · 2019-10-19 09:39:43

Thanks! Maybe some candidates for setting as BL defaults?

obscurant · 2019-10-25 23:16:44

Thanks for this. Here's a couple of GTK3 tweaks I found recently, for some things that drive. me. batty.

In ~/.profile

Disable overlay scrollbars

export GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0

Fix mouse scrolling in some apps

export GDK_CORE_DEVICE_EVENTS=1

ohnonot · 2020-02-17 07:33:40

I changed the title of the thread to make it a catch-all for all sorts of GTK tweaks.
Here's another one:

Uniform look for user & root GTK windows (e.g. synapic):

$ sudo su -
# cd
# ln -s /home/<your_user_name>/.gtkrc-2.0
# mkdir -p .config/gtk-3.0
# cd .config/gtk-3.0
# ln -s /home/<your_user_name>/.config/gtkrc-3.0/settings.ini
# exit
$

Last edited by ohnonot (2020-02-17 07:34:41)

damo · 2020-02-17 11:30:15

^ Just pointing out that root/user themes are different by design in BL, so you are supposed to know what you are doing!

clusterF · 2020-02-17 13:03:29

^ by uniform look, does this mean root and user themes look identical? If so that is probably not a good idea. Id rather have all my root gui have the raleigh look and have bog stock icons like gnome or adwaita.

johnraff · 2020-02-18 00:36:00

^Right now in BL we don't do any theming on the root account so it just gets whatever the default is. That probably looks different enough to do the job.

DeepDayze · 2020-02-18 04:28:49

johnraff wrote:

^Right now in BL we don't do any theming on the root account so it just gets whatever the default is. That probably looks different enough to do the job.

Makes good sense to have any GUI apps run as root have a different theme/color to identify them as such.

ohnonot · 2020-02-18 08:56:03

TBH I use graphical apps as root so rarely that I don't really need that distinction.

I don't even use this myself, just posting for somebody else who thought it was important.

Nevertheless, I do have this in /root/.gtkrc-2.0.mine:

style "mine"
{
base[NORMAL] = "#FF0000"
base[ACTIVE] = "#FF0000"
}
# widget_class "*" style "default"
class "GtkWidget" style "mine"
#class "FmMainWin.*.FmTabPage" style "mine"
#class "*Entry*" style "mine"

Colors some filemanager elements fiercely red.

Works only if you also have this line in ~/.gtkrc-2.0:

include "~/.gtkrc-2.0.mine"

Last edited by ohnonot (2020-02-18 08:56:40)

clusterF · 2020-02-18 09:09:55

^ Good idea, similar to what i do with nano color scheme, when in root its bright red, for the user it is blue.

obscurant · 2020-03-12 20:16:27

I found this, but haven't tried it. It's a "small module used to disable the client side decoration of Gtk+ 3." It replaces the Gtk3 "header bar" with the old titlebar.

https://github.com/PCMan/gtk3-nocsd

Something like this could be used in your .profile

# More explanation here
# https://github.com/PCMan/gtk3-nocsd
export GTK_CSD=0
export LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libgtk3-nocsd.so.0

Sector11 · 2020-03-12 22:35:46

Personally I prefer the "OLD" look with menus and icons
Mousepad (GTK3) - Debian 10

ohnonot · 2020-03-13 06:37:09

obscurant wrote:

https://github.com/PCMan/gtk3-nocsd

This is in the repos.

apt install gtk3-nocsd

... and I'm pretty sure it "Just Works" after installation, no additional setup required.

johnraff · 2020-03-13 07:41:57

^ & ^^^ gtk3-nocsd just works indeed, but you might not necessarily like what it does. Two title bars? Anyway, try it out by all means.

ohnonot · 2020-03-13 07:45:28

^are you saying exporting GTK_CSD=0 helps with that?

johnraff · 2020-03-13 08:25:31

^no
As you said, gtk3-nocsd sets its own configuration, at least in Debian.
What I was saying was that you might not like it. No configuration will help with that.

johnraff · 2020-03-30 05:16:03

De-uglify GTk3 tabs of terminals
https://www.preining.info/blog/2020/03/ … terminals/

johnraff · 2020-09-16 02:32:03

I couldn't find a more appropriate thread to put this, and it didn't seem to deserve one of its own, so:
GIMP washed out colors: Color to Alpha and layer recombination
https://www.preining.info/blog/2020/09/ … ut-colors/

(another one from Norbert Preining)

ohnonot · 2020-09-16 17:43:16

^ Great, I have to remember that! (I certainly came across that effect a few times.)

ohnonot · 2021-02-22 20:09:59

The GTK3 filechooser and gsettings

Many applications use it. Many people are complaining about its lack of configurability. But you can change a few settings:

$> gsettings list-recursively org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-column 'name'
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser last-folder-uri ''
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser date-format 'regular'
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser show-hidden true
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sidebar-width 220
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser clock-format '24h'
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser window-position (238, 71)
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser startup-mode 'cwd'
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser expand-folders false
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser window-size (1203, 902)
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser show-type-column true
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-order 'ascending'
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser type-format 'category'
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser show-size-column false
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser location-mode 'path-bar'
org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first true

Most of these settings are easily changed through the filechooser UI itself, but some aren't:

$> gsettings describe org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser location-mode
Controls whether the file chooser shows just a path bar, or a visible entry for the filename as well, for the 
benefit of typing-oriented users. The possible values for these modes are "path-bar" and "filename-entry".
$> gsettings describe org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser type-format
Different ways to show the 'Type' column information. Example outputs for a video mp4 file:
'mime' -> 'video/mp4' 'description' -> 'MPEG-4 video' 'category' -> 'Video'

Nice, let's set that to 'mime':

$> gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser type-format mime

Most people on this forum will also want to see hidden files:

$> gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser  show-hidden true

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