Bug 365020

Summary:	Separate icon themes for GTK+2 and GTK+3 applications
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	KDE Neon user <emailmeat>
Component:	kcm_gtk	Assignee:	Aleix Pol <aleixpol>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aleixpol, nate
Priority:	NOR	Flags:	aleixpol: Usability+
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description KDE Neon user 2016-07-02 21:14:44 UTC

I use the Breeze Dark theme on KDE Neon, which also works perfectly with GTK+2 applications, and I've set GTK+3 programs to use the light theme instead.

However, kde-gtk-config only lets me pick a single icon pack for both versions, and my light Breeze GTK+3 applications will use the icon theme made for Breeze Dark. The "fallback theme" option doesn't work for that.

I had to edit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini manually and set it to read-only to be able to use the light icon theme with it. Please make it possible to use different icon themes for GTK+2 and GTK+3 through the official GUI.




Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Aleix Pol 2016-07-02 21:58:59 UTC

I'm not convinced. Why can't we use the same theme for gtk3? what's the use to have a different one?

Comment 2 KDE Neon user 2016-07-03 00:40:26 UTC

@Aleix Pol,  when you combine a dark GTK+2 theme with a light GTK+3 theme, or vice versa, the icons aren't visible on the latter.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2019-12-02 03:11:49 UTC

I don't think this is something we'll be doing. Our general direction is improving and increasing the integration between the themes, not pushing them apart. Just use a dark or light theme for all GTK apps; I don't think it makes sense to use different themes for the different versions of GTK.