Re: Customize XFCE4

[debian-user]

> On 28/12/2022 00:21, Klaus Jantzen wrote:
> > I, finally, installed Bullseye with XFCE4 as desktop environment.
> > On the desktop, how do I change the color of the text under the
> > icons (which is now white) to black?
> > The information about themes I found is somewhat confusing as there
> > are references to GTK-2.0 and to GTK-3-0.
> > Which GTK is actually used?  
> 
> XFCE4 uses GTK3.

AIUI early versions of Xfce4 used GTK 2 and versions beginning with
4.13 use GTK 3. So yes Xfce4 on bullseye uses GTK 3.

> There are still some applications that use GTK2. You 
> can install new themes and select them under Applications /
> Settings / Appearance / Style. You can also install alternate icon
> sets (selected under Appearance / Icons). Some themes support both
> GTK 3 and GTK 2 and will give you a more consistent appearance. Some
> themes have both dark and light variants, for example Adwaita.

There's some information about installing different themes at
https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/install_new_themes

It's perhaps worth noting that quite a few GTK themes seem to have
obscure bugs that affect the appearance of some applications but not
others, so your experience may be better or worse than other people's
depending on which applications you use. Mainstream choices generally
seem to be safer.

> Kind regards,

Re: Customize XFCE4

[Ash Joubert]

On 28/12/2022 00:21, Klaus Jantzen wrote:

I, finally, installed Bullseye with XFCE4 as desktop environment.
On the desktop, how do I change the color of the text under the icons 
(which is now white) to black?
The information about themes I found is somewhat confusing as there are 
references to GTK-2.0 and to GTK-3-0.

Which GTK is actually used?


XFCE4 uses GTK3. There are still some applications that use GTK2. You 
can install new themes and select them under Applications / Settings / 
Appearance / Style. You can also install alternate icon sets (selected 
under Appearance / Icons). Some themes support both GTK 3 and GTK 2 and 
will give you a more consistent appearance. Some themes have both dark 
and light variants, for example Adwaita.


Kind regards,

--
Ash Joubert (they/them) 
Director / Game Developer
Transient Software Limited 
New Zealand

Re: Customize XFCE4

[Charles Curley]

On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:21:51 +0100
Klaus Jantzen  wrote:

> The information about themes I found is somewhat confusing as there
> are references to GTK-2.0 and to GTK-3-0.
> 
> Which GTK is actually used?

Both. Some XFCE4 programs that comes with Bullseye use GTK3, others
GTK2. And the GTK people are working on GTK4. If there's a unified way
to change themes or modify them, I've not heard of it.

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Customize XFCE4

[Klaus Jantzen]

Hello,

I, finally, installed Bullseye with XFCE4 as desktop environment.

On the desktop, how do I change the color of the text under the icons 
(which is now white) to black?


The information about themes I found is somewhat confusing as there are 
references to GTK-2.0 and to GTK-3-0.


Which GTK is actually used?

Thanks for any hints.

--

K.D.J.