[GNC] Location of gtk css file on MacOS

[John Ralls]

As long as you haven't messed with anything the two documented locations are:
~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

The second is because GnuCash.app/Contents/Resources/etc/gnucash/environment sets XDG_CONFIG_HOME to $HOME/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config.

Documentation aside, older versions of Gtk would look in other places for backwards compatibility, like ~/.config/gtk-3.0 and ~/.gtk-3.0, and ~/.themes/Adwaita. You might to a global search for files named gtk.css to make sure that there isn't a leftover somewhere overriding the one you want to use.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Sep 1, 2020, at 7:33 PM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Will,
> 
> The other file ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config/gtk-3.0.css
> that you said also existed only exists as an empty folder on my system ???
> 
> Cheers David H.
> 
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 11:28, will at theprescotts.com <will at theprescotts.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> David,
>> 
>> Thanks for the response. It is curious. But I have tried that numerous
>> times with no effect.
>> 
>> Will
>> 
>> On 2020 Sep 1, at 09-01 18:50:05, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Will,
>> 
>> I'm running 4.1 on the latest Big Sur Public Beta - it's picking up the
>> first one (/Users/davidh/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/gtk-3.0.css)
>> which only has the following in it ...
>> 
>> * {
>> font-size: 12px;
>> }
>> 
>> If I change the 12px to 18 px and restart GnuCash I can see the difference
>> right away.
>> 
>> Cheers David H.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 08:58, will at theprescotts.com <mailto:
>> will at theprescotts.com> <will at theprescotts.com <mailto:
>> will at theprescotts.com>> wrote:
>> I am running Gnucash 4.1.4 on MacOS 10.15.6 and I am looking for the
>> location of the gtk.css file that is controlling the display. I have seen
>> discussion of it here and have looked at the wiki but I am still having
>> trouble.
>> 
>> I have files:
>> ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/gtk-3.0.css
>> ~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/config/gtk-3.0.css
>> 
>> However, it doesn't look like Gnucash is reading or paying attention to
>> either. If I run Gnucash in the gtk debugger with:
>> 
>> GTK_DEBUG=interactive
>> /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash-4.1.4/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
>> 
>> It does appear to read the first one, but not when I run Gnucash normally
>> (i.e. by double clicking on the Gnucash.app or from the command line).
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Will
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