What is the simplest way to configure minimal support for GTK themes, so GTK 2/3 applications are rendered nicely under i3wm?
I have found that the i3 article on the Arch Wiki suggests:
For gnome users, see i3-gnome in AUR to add a i3 gnome session (gtk theme, gnome-keyring, notifications, gnome online accounts).
But, I don't need or want to install the GNOME packages, so I'd like to setup GTK themes with minimal set of packages.
For GTK+ 2.x, ~/.gtkrc-2.0. For instance:
gtk-theme-name = "Clearlooks"
gtk-font-name = "Sans 8"
For GTK+ 3.x, ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini:
[Settings]
gtk-theme-name = Adwaita
gtk-font-name = Sans 8
If you've got other gnome-based sessions (Gnome, Unity) where you have no problems, just add
exec gnome-settings-daemon
to your i3 config ;)
This also adds support for some media keyboard keys and other gnome settings.
I'd suggest to run an XSettings daemon like xsettingsd. Then in your ~/.xsettingsrc put something like:
Gtk/ButtonImages 1
Gtk/CanChangeAccels 1
Gtk/CursorThemeName "default"
Gtk/CursorThemeSize 0
Gtk/EnableEventSounds 0
Gtk/EnableInputFeedbackSounds 0
Gtk/FontName "Sans 10"
Gtk/IconThemeName "oxygen"
Gtk/MenuBarAccel "F10"
Gtk/MenuImages 1
Gtk/ToolbarIconSize 3
Gtk/ToolbarStyle "icons"
Xft/Antialias 1
Xft/DPI 102400
Xft/Hinting 1
Xft/HintStyle "hintslight"
Xft/RGBA "rgb"
I've found a nice i3 setup-history article [1] with a very good suggestion. Install lxappearance, as the author says it has no dependencies and is a very nice GUI to do this setup.
[1] blog.tunnelshade.in/2014/05/making-i3-beautiful.html
Asked: 2012-06-11 01:00:07 +0000
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You can read an article about gtk in the Arch Wiki too. Here it is. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GTK#Configuration_programs.