Bug#329222: gtk2-engines-pixbuf: Gtk2 frames don't look good when using certain pixmap themes outside gnome

[Alexander Toresson]

On 9/21/05, Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> wrote:
> Le mardi 20 septembre 2005 à 19:11 +0200, Alexander Toresson a écrit :
> > > > http://eulex.0nyx.com/gnome_vs_xfce.png
> > > >
> > > > I have checked this on another box that is too running debian testing,
> > > > though it runs fluxbox and not xfce, so it cannot be a problem
> > > > with xfce.
> > >
> > > Could you explain a bit further? I see nothing wrong on this screenshot.
> >
> > For example, look at the border of the status bar in firefox. In
> > gnome, it's very "smooth", while in xfce it's almost just a black
> > line. In xfce it's a lot "stronger" or "bolder" than in gnome.
> > Same goes for the menu, toolbars, address bar and search bar in
> > firefox,
>
> Forget about firefox. It is obviously not using the right theme at all.
> Probably some mozilla-firefox-gnome-support weirdness.

Yes, it looks more strange than other apps, running with this theme.

> > and the "talk" edit box, topic edit box, "channel view", etc
> > in xchat.
>
> Don't forget that xchat has a weird behavior wrt text entry boxes. There
> is a xchat preference to tell it to use the same text and colors as the
> main window. Is the xchat configuration identical for the 2 users?

Yes, they are afaik identical. I tried turning on that option, though
it only changed the background color of the edit box.

I have the problem with the borders in all gtk2 apps I run. Except
from in firefox and xchat it also exists in rox-filer, xfce4-terminal,
gaim, gimp, xfce4-panel, the settings manager and its plugins in
xfce4, xfmedia, abiword, inkscape, anjuta, bluefish, gucharmap, and
most probably all other gtk2 apps.