Questions tagged [gtk]
gtk+ stands for Gimp ToolKit, a widget toolkit for GUI applications. Gnome uses gtk+ extensively.
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How do I fix a "cannot open display" error when opening an X program after ssh'ing with X11 forwarding enabled?
After launching the X11 app (XQuartz 2.3.6, xorg-server 1.4.2-apple56) on my Mac (OS X 10.6.8), opening an terminal in X11 and running xhost +, I then ssh -Y to my Ubuntu 10.04 VM (running on VMware ...
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Open Ubuntu Bash's GUI applications on Windows 10
I have installed Windows 10 Insider build just to use Ubuntu Bash. I noticed its entire Ubuntu on Windows so I tried to install a GUI app i.e. Gedit. It was installed properly but when I try to open ...
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Replace GTK+ file dialog with alternative
Is there any way to configure GTK+ programs to use a different file dialog?
Reading ancient articles on the default dialog and seeing no difference to the current version does no bode well for it's ...
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How to disable GtkFileChooserDialog search?
If I want to open or save a file in an gtk3 app (eg firefox) I get an unwanted search function after tiping a character.
Old and productive behaviour: typing d gives me the first file beginning with ...
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How can I type "ç" in Windows GTK apps?
I use an English (US) international keyboard layout, and every time I use the key ´ followed by c it yields the Portuguese and French character "ç" (cedilla), which is desirable. However in GTK apps (...
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Installing gtk+ themes on Windows
How do I download a gtk+ theme and install it on a computer running Windows?
I know that I can select a few of the themes from the theme selector, but not sure how I install one.
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Change gtk+ file open dialog
I’d like to change it for another that can resize picture on the preview, i.e. not only show a thumbnail of fixed size.
I know that this may require change of the toolkit in use, so which packages do ...
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Monaco font not antialiased in some GTK apps
I have a strange issue with the Monaco font on Ubuntu Karmic. I have recently installed the Monaco font just to see what the hype is all about.
The problem that I am facing now is that is not ...
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Where is Gtk+ default theme saved
I've created several customized Gtk+ themes, more or less following this. They are all created under ~/.themes/ folder, and they are all working fine.
However, my question is, how come the system ...
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GTK+ 3 Menu configuration for Emacs
I don't like the GTK based emacs (Screenshot #1) and still prefer the tradition emacs (Screenshot #2), which I get from Ubuntu PPA.
The fundamental difference is that the tradition emacs looks ...
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Dialogue box buttons don't work in Eclipse on Ubuntu 9.10
I am having trouble with Eclipse 3.5 on Ubuntu. After I upgraded from Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 I have discovered that buttons with dialogue boxes no longer work correctly - nothing happens when clicking ...
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How to completely disable quick search in GTK
I got accustomed to then I write file name in Save dialog in Windows PC, it writes into file name label. In linux I must focus on label, and then write. It's annoying, but I can't find how to disable ...
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Ubuntu 10.10: 2nd instance of Firefox does not obey GTK2 customizations
On Ubuntu 10.10 I started a 2nd instance of Firefox using the command:
$ firefox -ProfileManager -no-remote &
Created a new profile and everything works smoothly except for the fact that this ...
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error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment. Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
I used to open text files with sublime, and for Read-only files, I used to do :
sudo sublime. But now just suddenly the sudo sublime command gives the following error :
(sublime:3931): Gtk-WARNING **:...
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