Bug 156966 - Firefox not rendered with qtcurve when "Firefox Web Browser" selected from listing (apply my style to GTK apps ?)
Summary: Firefox not rendered with qtcurve when "Firefox Web Browser" selected from li...
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: krunner
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2008-01-30 12:56 UTC by jamese
Modified: 2008-05-11 11:45 UTC (History)
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Description jamese 2008-01-30 12:56:52 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.0.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

On the KDE4.0 desktop, I hit Alt+F2 to bring up krunner. Type in firefox and I get two options:

1. Default: Run firefox (command)
2. Firefox Web Browser (Application)

Selecting 1, Firefox launches with qtcurve styles applied. If select 2 it looks like an ugly GTK application, as if Euclid went nuts with a set square. :)

Now, I'm not sure if this bug applies to krunner (it's occuring in the menu as well). As in KDE3.5 should "Apply my styles to GTK/Gnome apps" in System Settings be considered when launching firefox ?
Comment 1 Maksim Orlovich 2008-01-30 17:47:52 UTC
Sorry, but this stuff is not developed by the KDE project.
Please see http://gtk-qt.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ for any problems you have w/it
Comment 2 Yves Glodt 2008-01-30 17:56:08 UTC
I see this not only with qtcurve.. I do not think it is related to the style at all.

In my case, depending if I launch firefox from a konsole or from krunner it seems it gets launched with a different environment.
Comment 3 Yves Glodt 2008-01-30 17:59:24 UTC
to be more precise:
I launch Firefox with the following command:

/home/yves/Firefox2/firefox/firefox -P default


When launched from a konsole window, it appears with the default "ugly" gtk2 style.

When launched from krunner, it appears with the style "clearlooks".
Comment 4 Maksim Orlovich 2008-01-30 18:13:35 UTC
Hmm, this might depend on setenv from kdeinit, then. But I would encourage you to talk to the qt-gtk folks, anyway; they're a lot more likely to be able to diagnose it..
Comment 5 jamese 2008-01-30 23:37:12 UTC
Thanks, I wasn't sure where it belonged. I've reported it under a similar bug on their Trac: http://gtk-qt.ecs.soton.ac.uk/trac/ticket/49.
Comment 6 Yves Glodt 2008-01-31 00:12:16 UTC
I see it without actually using qtcurve, see #3. I also see a similar behaviour with eclipse. I think it's related to gtk-apps (or wx-apps) having a wrong environment...
Comment 7 Sebastian Kügler 2008-01-31 01:06:32 UTC
Is this bug maybe a duplicate of http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146779 (starting gtk apps from within kde forces default gtk engine)?

James, can you check if you have the same problem with other gtk engines? Do applications started from a terminal work?
Comment 8 jamese 2008-01-31 04:38:10 UTC
If i start "firefox" from a terminal, the raw GTK style is seen. It is only replaced with whatever qt/kde/gtk (?) theme is in use when i hit #1 as above in krunner.

That bug looks pretty similar, though, if not the same.
Comment 9 Aaron J. Seigo 2008-02-18 00:25:43 UTC
yes, this is not a krunner problem. it's certainly an interesting limitation of qt-gtk, please report it to that project.
Comment 10 Yves Glodt 2008-03-08 16:01:07 UTC
I do not have the gtk-qt package installed at all on my system, but I can reproduce this bug easily.

I have firefox-3.0 installed from the gutsy-shipped package.

To reproduce:
- When I type "firefox-3.0" in krunner and press ENTER, firefox is launched with clearlooks style (which is my default style for gtk-apps, set with gtk-theme-switch2)

- When I launch firefox3 from kickoff, it has the ugly default-sytle of gtk applied
Comment 11 Yves Glodt 2008-03-08 16:20:36 UTC
Comment #7 says it's a dupe of http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146779 , and for me it looks the same
Comment 12 Yves Glodt 2008-04-06 22:06:52 UTC
Something related which might help understanding this issue:

1. Do ALT-F2, type "firefox-3.0", press enter
2. firefox is launched with clearlooks style applied
3. Close firefox again. ok so far.
4. Now, open a konsole, type "killall krunner", then after "krunner" to launch it again
5. do step 1. again
6. This time, you will find that firefox was launched with the ugly default-style of gtk+
7. ...
Comment 13 Yves Glodt 2008-05-08 14:28:11 UTC
This blog entry describes as well what this bug consists of:
http://vizzzion.org/?blogentry=814
Comment 14 jamese 2008-05-09 02:47:20 UTC
Hi

I've upgraded to 4.04 in Kubuntu 8.04 and have installed the following packages which were not installed:
kde4-style-qtcurve-kdeconfig
gtk-qt-engine-kde4

Note that all other gtk-qt and qtcurve packages were installed.

I've also added this to my .kde4/Autostart/gtk.sh script although I have checked whether it does anything good:

#!/bin/bash
unset GTK2_RC_FILES
unset GTK_RC_FILES

Firefox now launches from the menu and krunner without hideous styles. hurrah!


The Autostart script may not be needed - need to check that.

Comment 15 jamese 2008-05-09 02:49:01 UTC
One other thing to remember is that "Use my KDE styles/fonts in GTK applications" needs to be checked as well in System Settings -> Appearance -> GTK Styles and Fonts.
Comment 16 jamese 2008-05-11 11:45:05 UTC
I believe this has been fixed in Bug #146779