hanes Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I am always confused with the file dialogs, sometimes I change an icon and it will be one type of dialog, next thing I know I do the same thing, and its a different type of dialog. I think its the KDE and Gnome Dialog, I use KDE and like the KDE style. Is there anyway to force my programs to use it exclusively? [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 (edited) no :sad: i believe its up to the app to choose the dialogue box, ive been asking in many places but didnt find any way other than to rewrite the app and compiling it yourself... Edited July 20, 2006 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 if it's a GTK2 app it will use the GTK2/GNOME file dialog, if it's a QT app it will use the KDE/QT file dialog. To only use the KDE one you should only use QT/KDE applications - otherwise you're going to see both dialogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I heard SUSE made a version of Firefox using the Qt dialogue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I heard SUSE made a version of Firefox using the Qt dialogue They'd have to rewrite the code in one way or another to do that Firefox used to have it's own dialog but started using the GTK2 dialog in 1.5.x, IIRC. There was a Qt-Mozilla project 2 years or so ago but I haven't heard anything of it since then and all the sites I found have no recent news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I have installed gtk-qt-engine-0.7-0.20050303.2mdk.i586.rpm with Mandriva 2005. This controls gtk application themes and influences firefox and adobe reader for example. As I understand it this engine behaves like a normal gtk theme engine, but calls functions from qt. After installation, under the KDE Control Center/Appearance & Themes I now have an entry called "GTK Styles and Fonts". Selecting this item I have the option to "use my KDE style in GTK applications". This works so-so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 That's for the theme only, it doesn't change the layout and functioning of the file dialogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Yep, indeed. There are even QT/KDE inspired themes for Firefox ( for example "PlasticFox" ), but they are pure gtk2, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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