[GNC] Where is the theme selection in 3.x?

[Thomas Forrester]

I think trying to make al the Windows users into programmers just so they
can get a theme they like - something they always had in 2.x - is a crying
shame.  I've said it before, but I guess I'll say it again, I realize this
application is developed primarily on Linux.  That's completely awesome,
but like many other cross-platform applications, I suspect the installed
base of Windows users may eclipse all others.  I've seen this before where
the development platform takes second-fiddle to Windows as the most popular
usage platform.  I'm not trying to create debate on what platform is good
for what, but I do think it's important to maintain feature parity between
platforms.  This theming issue on Windows should be addressed in an update
soon.

That said, if it's as simple as getting some files, or adding a two-line
file somewhere, please tell me where to go to get the files, where they
need to be put, and what to put in a file.  A tutorial on how to manually
theme GnuCash on Windows is better than no option at all.

Thanks!

On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 4:25 AM cicko <alen.siljak at gmx.com> wrote:

> Perhaps Geert's were not clear enough. The theming in GnuCash relies (more
> or
> less) completely on GTK framework. This framework, in version 3, has moved
> completely to open standards (read CSS) for styling, allowing many more
> people to customize the visual appearance of GTK applications.
> Also, if you look at sites like https://www.gnome-look.org/, you might
> notice ~1000 different GTK3 themes.
> All you need to do is place the downloaded files into an appropriate
> directory.
> If all you want is a dark theme (whether on Windows or Linux), it gets even
> easier. All you need to do is create one settings file and copy/paste two
> lines into it.
> If this is too much effort, hopefully you can find someone to do it for
> you.
> If that is also not an option, then too bad.
> I think that spending development time of GnuCash developers on reinventing
> the wheel would really be a waste, considering the above. There are many
> more bugs and features to work on, which are more closely related to the
> core field of GnuCash.
>
>
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