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GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit) is a cross-platform framework for creating graphical user interfaces. GTK3 is version 3.

GTK3 (aka. GTK+ version 3), or the GIMP Toolkit, is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites. Though it's written in C its been designed from the ground up to support multiple languages such as Perl, Python, C++, and Java among others.

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GTK - Enable/set dark theme on a per-application basis

Is there a way to set gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme for an application? This is normally set in the code by the application. Apps such as Eye of Gnome and Totem turn it on. I want to, as a user turn it on, on a per application bases. For…
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How can I use Adwaita Dark for all applications in Gnome 3?

I noticed that some applications use the Adwaita Dark theme, while others use the light one. Is there a way to make all applications use the Dark one?
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How to reduce title bar height?

I'm running GNOME 3.18 and I would like to reduce the title bar height. How could I do it?
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How can I make text in meld readable?

A few months ago, meld started behaving oddly. Common lines are almost unreadable, and shown as dark grey text on a black background. Oddly enough, running it as root is fine (with kdesudo meld), although the theme is less pretty. How can I…
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change icon sizes in Gtk+ 3 applications

Using Gtk+ 2, I could use the gtk-icon-sizes option like this: gtk-icon-sizes = panel-menu=32,32:panel=32,32:gtk-menu=32,32:gtk-large-toolbar=64,64:gtk-small-toolbar=48,48:gtk-button=32,32 gtk-icon-sizes was deprecated and removed in Gtk+ 3. How do…
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Show file system instead of "places" in gtk file chooser

In almost any program, when I click on open, a file chooser dialog opens as shown below. This dialog shows Recent, Home, Desktop and so on. This is extremely annoying. I am not using Desktop to store data, and I don't care about Recent. I would…
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Overriding gtk3 theme colors

I'd like to achieve something I thought would take a couple of seconds and turns out to be a nervous breakdown: override a theme's selected item color in a GTK3 theme. At first, I naively though that overriding the value in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css…
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Any tool for inspecting GTK3 elements?

gtkparasite is great for gtk+2, but unfortunately it won't work with gtk+3. Is there any alternative?
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How can I remove the window padding on GTK3 apps in Awesome-WM?

I use awesome in a tiling mode for almost all my desktops. Since the advent of client side decorations in GTK3 some common Gnome project apps have taken to giving themselves a generous amount of padding outside of their main window border. I suspect…
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Where may I find a reference scheme for GNOME 3 theming (e.g. Adwaita)?

I upgraded to Fedora 21, which spotlights GNOME 3.14 (plus the relevant GTK+ material). Unfortunately it seems that this particular update mangles a lot of my older themes, written for now-aging versions of GNOME 3. Where previously they may have…
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Installing GTK+3.22

I am having issues with installing GTK+ 3.22 on my laptop. At first I tried downloading GTK and all its dependencies from here. I ran ./configure && make && sudo make install to install the libraries above, but that did not work. I had a lot of…
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What's the best way to restore the arrows to my scroll bars?

I'm running Debian Jessie. $ gnome-session --version gnome-session 3.14.0 $ dpkg -s libgtk-3-0 | grep '^Version' Version: 3.14.5-1 I can restore the scroll bar arrows by doing: Applications->System Tools->Tweak Tool In Appearance,…
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How To Change Scrollbar Action In GNOME 3.10

I am using Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 which includes GNOME 3.10. I would like to change the default method / action xwindows takes when I click on a scrollbar above or below the slider. Currently it moves to the position in the file / object that…
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Can I globally disable kinetic scrolling on touchpad?

I want to scroll exactly the distance I scroll, not twice as far. I'm sure kinetic scrolling is amazing for touch devices, but touchpads are no more touch devices than keyboards, where you touch the keys.
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Archlinux & openbox - greyish win 95 applications

I have just installed Archlinux & openbox but i have to say i am a bit dissapointed that the applications have this dull greyish (win 95) look: On the picture there are two programs open which are gedit and gcalc which they both use GTK themes. I…
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