Bug 365020 - Separate icon themes for GTK+2 and GTK+3 applications
Summary: Separate icon themes for GTK+2 and GTK+3 applications
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_gtk (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Aleix Pol
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Reported: 2016-07-02 21:14 UTC by KDE Neon user
Modified: 2019-12-02 03:11 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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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.