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QGtkStyle Offers Native Gtk Look For Qt Programs

Posted by timothy on from the cross-platform-within-a-platform dept.

sekra writes "A new project called QGtkStyle by Trolltech Labs gives Qt4 based applications the possibility to integrate natively into Gtk based desktops like Gnome or Xfce. Instead of simply imitating Gtk styles QGtkStyle uses the Gtk theme engine directly. The project is still considered experimental, but is another step into better integration between Qt and Gtk applications. A project at Google Code has been set up as well." Anything that makes the various excellent Free software desktops work better together deserves kudos.

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  1. GTK-Qt by cozziewozzie · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is a similar thing, only other way around: GTK-Qt, in fact it's 5 years old.

    It's good to have the option for letting Gtk users keep their look and feel with Qt options, but I wonder why it took this long?

    Is it because there wasn't much interest in Qt-based apps until now? It would surprise me, given the popularity of Amarok, K3B and the like

    1. Re:GTK-Qt by immcintosh · · Score: 3, Informative

      Probably hasn't happened because there are perfectly good options for a unified look already. For example, the most attractive widget theme I've found for ANY toolkit is available uniformly for them all:

      QtCurve

      Highly configurable and very attractive and professional looking. Install GTK1+2 and QT3+4 versions and everything looks the same regardless of what you're doing.