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gtk+ stands for Gimp ToolKit, a widget toolkit for GUI applications. Gnome uses gtk+ extensively.

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How to make sure dconf (or gsettings) and <guix>/dconf-editor use the same backend database

Disclaimer: I'm running Guix package manager as a user on Ubuntu 22.04.4. That is most likely part of the problem: Guix uses non traditional paths for packages and sets symlinks and various search-...
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All GTK/VTE-based terminal emulators are showing a significant input lag

Recently, I've installed a new SSD drive and deployed Ubuntu 22.04.04 on it. At first everything was perfect, but then I noticed that gnome-terminal has a significant input lag (up to a second) even ...
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Set GSettings setting only for a specific application

A certain application needed a font change to be easier to read. gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name "Cantarell 25" The application itself doesn't have a settings ...
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How to remove shadow around windows in GNOME

How can I remove the shadow around windows in GNOME 45 in a way that it will never be reapplied again even if a new theme has them?
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How can I get the GTK file chooser dialogue to automatically focus and appear over other windows?

For context, this is using ArchLinux, Gnome 45, Wayland/mutter 45.1, with Linux 6.1.58-1-lts and both gtk 4.12.3 and 3.24.38. Whenever I use software on my system that opens a file chooser dialogue, I ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 - Change save-as dialog

I want to change the "save as" dialog in Ubuntu 23.04. I use gnome-flashback. observed behaviour: If I type e.g. "vi" then it shows only the folders that contain the * string &...
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Getting Firefox 112 to show "Recent files" in the upload file selector

I updated my Ubuntu to 22.04 and the Firefox that come with it (FF 112) is no longer showing a "Recent files" entry in the upload file selection dialog (the dialog which is often elicited ...
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How do I set (firefox) gtk theme at runtime under wayland?

With firefox under wayland (Hyprland), if I set gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme={0,1} in ~/.config/gtk3.0/settings.ini and then launch firefox it correctly determines the system theme. How do I set ...
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Black out application window on KDE Plasma after long uptime

After using for a long time, application window fails to render application windows. Problem: application screen sometimes blacks out (Attached image) occurs in any application (Chrome, Thunderbird, ...
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Shortcut for "Create Folder" in GTK File Save Dialog

Is there a keyboard shortcut for "Create Folder" in a GTK file save dialog? I am referring to the action triggered by this button:
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File picker dialogs do not remember settings when Firefox is running in firejail

When Firefox is running in Firejail with the provided default config, the Gtk file picker dialogs do not remember sort order even when Firefox was not restarted between opening two dialogs. I tried ...
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How do I get back the older way of (not) displaying dead key presses?

Some characters in my language (Czech) are typed using 'dead keys' (key presses that don't move the caret) followed by a letter receiving the diacritics prepared in the previous dead key stroke. The ...
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Replacing of GTK+ file dialogs with KDE's via XDG portals not working (XFCE, Manjaro)

I'm stuck after trying and triple-checking everything from the most upvoted answer (from @ntninja) to this question. I did this on two machines - Manjaro and an old Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Installed the ...
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GTK theme doesn't works on every window

I'm using Xubuntu and downloaded a GTK 3 theme. However, this theme does not affect all parts of XFCE. For example, the buttons of the "Appearance" window in the picture and the buttons and ...
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How to map super+a for select all text in chromium in gtk?

I am trying to remap the select all behavior of ctrl+a to super+a using gtk, as chromium is built with gtk. I have the following configuration in ~/.config/gtk3.0/gtk.css @binding-set ...
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