HOWTO: Make QT apps look more Gnome'ish

[Remix_88]

Great HOW-TO!

I was using a manually hacked '~/.qt/qtrc' to get my QT apps looking a little less ugly. This is a much nicer solution and I still don't need to install any kdelibs or kcontrol, Yah!

The Polymer theme is a nice find. 'esvn' and 'lincvs' (the only QT apps I use) look pretty now so I am a very happy man

[DShafik]

I had to close qtconfig after adding the path and re-open it to be able to select the polymer theme, other than that, it works great!

Thanks

- Davey

[FLeiXiuS]

Yeah I forgot to mention to change your GUI Style to Polymer....

Thanks guys ...

[LaSSarD]

Great how-to! I think it'd be even better if you edit a little mistake you did: it's not msstcorefonts, but msttcorefonts

[miscz]

There's even better style for Gnome integration - QtCurve, it can be easily made to look like Clearlooks or whatever colour variation you might be using. Throw in some Bluecurve or Gnome-Mix icons and you get pretty consistent desktop.

[FLeiXiuS]

Great how-to! I think it'd be even better if you edit a little mistake you did: it's not msstcorefonts, but msttcorefonts

Woops, yes that has been fixed. Thank you and enjoy!

[Swad]

Hmmm... K3B menu fonts before and after look the same--big and ugly. Everything seemed to take per what you outlined in your original post in terms of setting it up, though.

edit: I downloaded Skype as a test and any font changes I did in qtconfig applied and I easily made Skype look like the rest of my Gnome apps. Apparently K3B is controlled by something else :/

edit2: amaroK is doing the same thing. I must be missing something that you guys have (I've read the OP a couple times and have that squared away).

[LaSSarD]

Thank you, FLeiXiuS.
Just wondering... is there any way to get opera using this theme? The top bar (File Edit View ...) and its content is still horrible. btw, skype didn't get this light style on your screenshot, it is gray.

[angkor]

Ooo...very nice indeed. Thanks a bunch Flexius

[GilGalad]

Hmmm... K3B menu fonts before and after look the same--big and ugly. Everything seemed to take per what you outlined in your original post in terms of setting it up, though.

edit: I downloaded Skype as a test and any font changes I did in qtconfig applied and I easily made Skype look like the rest of my Gnome apps. Apparently K3B is controlled by something else :/

edit2: amaroK is doing the same thing. I must be missing something that you guys have (I've read the OP a couple times and have that squared away).

If you want to change the look of k3b and other kde applications you will need to install kcontrol and select Polymer in the Appearence->Style tab.