User Interface ugliness on dark themes [solved]

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:39 am **(#1)**

GIMP Version: 2.8.22
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Win 7
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

List any relevant plug-ins or scripts:
all plugins

List any ERROR messages you received:
no errors

I am using dark theme, flat-dark-base.
The problem is that scripts look fine, but plug-ins, (with the exception of G'mic) seem to use the default theme style on buttons, button text and the borders.
Is there a way to apply same style on plugins than the scripts use?

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Unless written to explicitly load Gimp's theme (and I doubt many do) plugins use the default GTK theme (assuming they are using the GTK library), since they are really independent programs.

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:29 am **(#3)**

Thank you, gonna try to figure it out from the modded theme configuration files.

edit* Found out it was caused by libclearlooks.dll engine. If I use pixmap the problem does not occur.
These themes were, I believe originally built for Linux, they did not include dll files and there are only wimp & pixmap by default in Gimp.
I mark this solved and try to find a proper version of the engine.