#gtk3 — Public Fediverse posts

https://thoughts.greyh.at/posts/celestial-gtk-theme/

@zquestz published an article on Gtk theming which I found fascinating. It is an overview of the kind of things you have to consider when trying to create your own theme for #Linux . He fusses over the little details that are very important when doing UI/UX design properly. He also made sure the themes worked properly on various Gtk desktop environments, including Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce (three of the best DEs, in my humble opinion).

He also mentions the qt6gtk2 plugin for Qt which I did not know about. It translates Gtk themes to Qt themes so all of your applications, whether they use Gtk or Qt, have the correct theme. This is extremely useful since the impedance mismatch between Qt and Gtk is the biggest source of UI/UX inconsistencies in Linux apps.

#tech #software #Linux #UI #UX #theming #LinuxThemes #CinnamonDE #Xfce #MateDE #LinuxMint #Xubuntu #UbuntuMATE #ArchLinux #Gtk #Gtk2 #Gtk3 #Qt5 #Qt6 #UnixPorn #ricing

Pinta 2.0 Released, Completes Port to GTK3 & .NET 6

With a new year starting you might be planning to indulge your creativity side this year — and if so, take a look at the latest stable release of open source image editing app Pinta. Pinta 2.0 is major new release that completes the app’s transition to GTK3 and .NET 6. It’s a big foundational uplift that results in some welcome improvements. Pinta 2.0 now looks better on the modern Linux desktop, with GTK dialogs, choosers, pickers, and widgets all looking how they should. Additionally, Pinta 2.0 boasts improved support for high-DPI displays, uses platform-native file dialogs, and switches to :sys_more_orange:
#Apps #News #Graphicsapps #Gtk3 #ImageEditors #Pinta

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/01/pinta-2-0-released-completes-port-to-gtk3-net-6