Oct
11

KDE4 and Iceweasel (Firefox)

By rzelazko  //  Firefox, Linux  //  2 Comments

Your Firefox (Iceweasel) looks really bad under KDE 4? Wicd and Gimp are ugly? Thunderbird (Icedove) borders, buttons and menu are broken?
Tweaking Gnome Apps to change theirs look & feel on KDE is simple. Follow three steps described below and repair almost all GTK applications appearance under new KDE.

Tweaking Gnome applications under KDE 4 on Debian Sid (Solution of this problem with other distro should be similar)

  1. At first open konsole and type there:
    sudo aptitude install gtk-qt-engine-kde4 kwin-style-qtcurve kde-style-qtcurve gtk2-engines-qtcurve
  2. Configure KDE. Open: K menu->System settings->Appearance. Choose GTK styles and fonts tab, and select there:
    KDE4 GTK Styles and fonts

    • GTK styles: “Use another style: QtCurve
    • GTK fonts: “Use my KDE fonts in GTK applications”
  3. Click Apply and reboot system. After reboot your Iceweasel should look like on screen attached below.
    Iceweasel KDE4

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