Make KDE apps look like gnome

[Sashin]

Be default KDE apps blend really well and look nice in gnome, however I think I've deleted a package by mistake which causes this. Anyone know which one?

[Tibuda]

You need qtconfig4, and using it you set your Qt theme to "Gtk".

[Sashin]

Doesn't work.

[Tibuda]

Doesn't work.

Which app are you talking about? If it uses Qt4 (as KDE4 apps does), you need to use qt4-qtconfig, but if it uses the old Qt3 (as KDE3 apps does), you use qt3-qtconfig.

EDIT: I'm not sure you can make Qt3 apps to use your Gtk+ theme.

EDIT AGAIN: What version of Ubuntu are you using? I think the Gtk+ theme for Qt4 is only available after jaunty.

[RiceMonster]

Doesn't work.

You may have to set up a ~/.gtkrc-2.0 to make it work.

For example:

gtk-theme-name="Clearlooks"
gtk-icon-theme-name="Mist"
gtk-font-name="Bitstream Vera Sans 10"
gtk-toolbar-style=0

Change everything to your liking.

[chucky chuckaluck]

i don't think qtconfig changes kde apps. you'd have to use systemsettings or that (i think it's part of either kdebase, or kdeworkspace).

[Sashin]

Program is Kalzium, it used to blend well now it looks like a kde app. I'm using Karmic.

[FuturePilot]

If it's a KDE app then the Qt settings won't have any affect on its appearance. If it's a pure Qt app then it will.

[Tibuda]

i don't think qtconfig changes kde apps. you'd have to use systemsettings or that (i think it's part of either kdebase, or kdeworkspace).


If it's a KDE app then the Qt settings won't have any affect on its appearance. If it's a pure Qt app then it will.

This makes sense to me now. The Qt apps I use (VLC, Skype and Virtualbox) are not KDE apps, so qtconfig works for me. KDE apps use a different version of Qt or what?

[Sashin]

But by default KDE apps do look like gnome?

[FuturePilot]

This makes sense to me now. The Qt apps I use (VLC, Skype and Virtualbox) are not KDE apps, so qtconfig works for me. KDE apps use a different version of Qt or what?
Well, KDE is built upon Qt but it also extends on Qt offers and adds some extra features and whatnot that Qt doesn't offer. As for why KDE apps don't just use Qt settings I'm not sure.


But by default KDE apps do look like gnome?

No, only Qt apps do.

[Sashin]

Well at least by default Kalzium looks like gnome. And so does amarok.

[t.rei]

May I suggest using "qtcurve" for both: kde and gnome apps? It's very customizable, too.

[Sashin]

I shouldn't have to though, Kalzium once blended into gnome.

[SunnyRabbiera]

Still the qtcurve suggestion is a good one, I am a big fan of it.

[edin9]

KDE3 needs gtk-qt-engine-kde3.deb, KDE4 needs gtk-qt-engine-kde4.deb.