user interface question...

[David Carlson]

On 5/6/2014 1:16 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> "Mark" <jb2dsgfqs5 at snkmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have been using gnucash for a long, long time....  I recently moved
>> from Linux Mint 13 -> Mint 16 and the look and feel for the Accounts
>> List tab has changed.  I'm currently running 2.4.13 (from the Mint
>> repositories).
>>
>> I am pretty sure "it's not you, it's me" -- but for the life of me I
>> can't seem to figure out what to tweak to get it back the way I'm used
>> to.
>>
>> I am used to an Accounts list that looks similar to this (with
>> alternating light/dark lines):
>> http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.4/C/gnucash-guide/figures/basics_Accounts.png
>>
>> What I am seeing is an accounts list that looks like this:
>> http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BOmUTPZtDyI/U2kHJI0zSSI/AAAAAAAAFOc/RyeOsUHgwsY/w658-h507-no/Screenshot.png
>>
>> It's just an annoyance... and a preference... but I can't find the
>> right tweak to get it back like I prefer.
> My guess is that it's your GTK Theme.
> I'm sure someone else will pop in with how to check/set it, because I
> don't know myself :)
>
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> -derek
>

Another thing to check is to look under
GnuCash:Edit:Preferences:Register tab and under Graphics see if Use
System Theme Colors is checked.  If you un-check it you will go back to
the default greens which are ugly but are easy to read.

David C