Weird space in tabs

lnx64 · 2014-10-31 04:45:24

I am seeing a weird blank space to the right of tabs since upgrading to Xubuntu 14.10. It seems to happen on most GTK3 compatible themes, and only in GTK3 based windows.. All GTK2 based windows do not show this oddity. Ideas?

ToZ · 2014-10-31 10:49:09

I'm seeing this as well. I think its a GTK3 "design decision". If you try other gtk3 themes, like the Gnome-default Adwaita, I think you'll get a better idea of what I think they are trying to get at:

I'm really not a fan of the changes that the GTK3 folks keep making, especially with the fact that they don't seem to care about backwards compatibility and non-Gnome users of GTK3.

MountainDewManiac · 2014-10-31 11:48:35

You mean they made a change in GTK3 and broke something?

How surprising.[/SARCASM]
Someone ought to fork GTK2 for all of those that don't use GNOME 3 "The sequel that no one should have written."

Regards,
MDM

lnx64 · 2014-10-31 14:46:53

I wonder if there's a way to somehow revert this change, it makes me think there must be some kind of configuration file for it.

Right now as it is, even some GTK3 apps are broken in Xfce. Evince for example, the Zoom menu doesn't even work, nothing actually shows up, and I have no way to set the zoom level as a result.

Last edited by lnx64 (2014-10-31 14:50:39)

ToZ · 2014-10-31 15:29:44

I wonder if there's a way to somehow revert this change, it makes me think there must be some kind of configuration file for it.

You could edit the Greybird theme yourself to fix the issue with the tab (notebook.header) space. Just had a look and to fix it, edit the file /path/to/theme/Greybird/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css and make the following changes:

1. Change:

.notebook.header {
    border-width: 0;
    background-color: shade(@theme_base_color, 0.85);
}

...to read:

.notebook.header {
    border-width: 0;
    background-color: shade(@theme_base_color, 0.82);
}

2. Change:

.notebook.header.frame.top {
    border-width: 1px 1px 0 1px;
}

...to read:

.notebook.header.frame.top {
    border-width: 0 0 0 0;
}

Save the file and re-load the theme.

A note on theme editing: It is a good idea to create a copy of the theme that you want to edit and make changes to the copy, so that the main one is not affected. To do so, create the hidden directory .themes in your home directory and copy & rename the main theme there:

cp -r /usr/share/themes/Greybird ~/.themes/Greybird.2

Right now as it is, even some GTK3 apps are broken in Xfce. Evince for example, the Zoom menu doesn't even work, nothing actually shows up, and I have no way to set the zoom level as a result.

As for evince, there is a zoom option in the View menu with associated keyboard shortcuts that you can use for zooming. Bug reports should probably be filed for both of these issues.

The other option, if feasible, is to look for and use non-gtk3 apps (not an easy thing to do).

lnx64 · 2014-10-31 15:51:47

Thanks for the theme trick. While I don't use Greybird usually, I can figure it out for other themes to make it work.

As for evince, I tried last night to find out where to file bug reports for it, but had trouble. I go to launchpad, tells me to go to the gnome bug tracker, I go there, click Evince, brings me back to launchpad. Was in circles.

sixsixfive · 2014-10-31 16:07:05

also for a complete css tab like solution in gtk3.14 have a look at: https://github.com/sixsixfive/themes/bl … tebook.css

but it will probably break again in gtk 3.15...

Last edited by sixsixfive (2014-11-02 10:23:15)

ToZ · 2014-10-31 17:58:10

lnx64 wrote:

As for evince, I tried last night to find out where to file bug reports for it, but had trouble. I go to launchpad, tells me to go to the gnome bug tracker, I go there, click Evince, brings me back to launchpad. Was in circles.

You can start the bug-reporting process by running in a terminal window:

ubuntu-bug evince

You'll need a launchpad account to be able to create the bug report.

lnx64 · 2014-10-31 20:49:43

I removed apport because it complained about every little thing. So ubuntu-bug doesn't work anymore.

ToZ · 2014-10-31 22:09:30

Here you go. You'll need to create a launchpad account to comment on the bug report.

lnx64 · 2014-11-01 05:46:32

Thanks, already have a launchpad account luckily to comment and "me too" things.

lnx64 · 2014-11-06 17:53:33

I modded the Numix theme to my liking and now have no weird looking tabs.

http://i.imgur.com/HIsgunT.png

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