Regarding GTK3 applications' look

[Apurv Jyotirmay]

Hi, I reported this problem earlier, but I think that started as a private
chat, so apologies for that. I wanted to mention, that the size of GTK3
apps' confirmation dialogue's buttons is too big(compared to original Xfce
desktop). As Xubuntu is meant for mouse and keyboard use, I don't think we
really need such big buttons. This screenshot is of mousepad, and the same
happens when I installed and used the latest Gedit. These big buttons are
good for touch interfaces, but Xubuntu isn't meant for touch. It would be
good if the community can fix this issue in next release.

[Pasi Lallinaho]

Post by Apurv Jyotirmay
Hi, I reported this problem earlier, but I think that started as a
private chat, so apologies for that. I wanted to mention, that the
size of GTK3 apps' confirmation dialogue's buttons is too big(compared
to original Xfce desktop). As Xubuntu is meant for mouse and keyboard
use, I don't think we really need such big buttons. This screenshot is
of mousepad, and the same happens when I installed and used the latest
Gedit. These big buttons are good for touch interfaces, but Xubuntu
isn't meant for touch. It would be good if the community can fix this
issue in next release.

The Xubuntu team doesn't work with GTK3 the toolkit; we simply make sure
our theme(s) work with the new GTK3 features. While it's clear that the
GTK3-styled buttons are different, I don't know if it's even possible to
revert back to the old style, and if it were, would it be worth it.

Furthermore, GTK2 is inevitably going to be phased out sooner or later,
so using GTK2 alternatives (or older GTK2 versions of apps) isn't a
sensible choice either for maintaining purposes. Running both GTK2 and
GTK3 apps means inconsistency as well.

If the style of the buttons is important to you, I would encourage you
to investigate the issue yourself. If you find a way to revert back to
the old style (which I'm not sure is possible), or work with the GTK3
team implementing that (which they might not even willling to do even if
you submitted a patch - you need to talk to them), we can open the
discussion about which style we want. Note that the final decision will
be made by the Xubuntu team.

Thanks for your interest and if you decide to start working on the
issue, good luck.

Cheers,
Pasi