(Previously known as gtk3-mushrooms)
This repository contains patches to restore GTK3's look & feel reminiscent to earlier versions. With many enhancements such as disabled CSD headers, traditional dialog boxes and file browser improvements.
These are designed to work on non-GNOME desktops (such as XFCE and MATE) as well as any other environment where GTK applications are used. Running on GNOME desktops is not recommended!
Currently, these are packaged in the AUR as
gtk3-classic
, which is
based on the official gtk3
package.
Use an AUR helper (such as yay
) to install the package(s):
yay -S gtk3-classic lib32-gtk3-classic
This package does not include examples or tests.
If you've previously installed gtk3-mushrooms
, switch to this new package.
- CSDs are disabled by default.
- All windows are decorated only by window manager.
- You can enable CSDs by setting
GTK_CSD=0
environment variable (orGTK_CSD=1
to force CSDs on each GTK3 window).
- Client side shadows of windows, menus and tooltips are disabled by default.
- You can enable shadows by setting
GTK_CSD=1
environment variable.
- You can enable shadows by setting
- Minimize, maximize and close buttons, window title and subtitle are removed from headerbar.
- Typeahead feature is restored.
- Recursive file search will not be ran automatically when you start typing.
- You can still search recursively by Left Alt + S shortcut. See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/839.
- "Other locations" button is removed from Places sidebar.
- All mounted devices and drives are accessible directly.
- "Networks" button is added for browsing network shares.
- Trash and XDG user directories (like Pictures, Downloads, Documents) are removed from Places sidebar.
- These can be added as bookmarks.
- File System button in Places sidebar is labeled as "File System" instead of "Computer".
- Message dialogs have traditional appearance with left-aligned texts and right-aligned buttons.
- Some GTK stock icons on buttons and context menus are restored.
- Regular colorized icons instead of symbolic icons are used in file chooser dialog.
- Appearance of print dialog is less "gnomish", natural margins are restored.
- Backdrop CSS state is disabled.
- Inactive windows don't look differently.
- You can restore backdrop state by setting
GTK_CSD=1
environment variable.
- Status bars are smaller regardless of used theme.
- File chooser dialog, places sidebar and color chooser dialog use a traditional context menu instead of popover.
- Scrollbars are always visible.
- You can enable invisible scrollbars by
GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=1
environment variable.
- You can enable invisible scrollbars by
- Current working directory is opened by default in file chooser dialog instead recently used files.
- Atril instead of Evince is set as default previewer in printing dialog.
- Delay before showing mnemonics is removed. You don't have to wait when you press Alt.
- "Insert emoji" context menu item of entry fields is hidden.
- You can restore it by setting
GTKM_INSERT_EMOJI
environment variable.
- You can restore it by setting
- Default Adwaita theme has smaller controls (buttons, fields, tabs, etc.).
- Reinstate the ability to switch between standard tabs by scrolling over them, similar to GTK2.
Menu bars are no longer covered by too high popup menus.(patch broken)- Labels are wrapped similarly to GTK2. This patch fixes too wide windows in applications improperly ported from GTK2.
- Errors in console output caused by integration with Accessibility Toolkit are hidden.
These patches are unofficial and are not supported by GTK developers nor
your distribution. If you are having trouble with an application or theme,
try installing gtk3
and confirm it's definitely a problem with these builds.
Ideally, it would be most helpful to isolate the problematic patch by excluding it in your PKGBUILD and reinstalling.
We aim to keep the patches rolling across new upstream GTK3 versions where possible. Due to our limited knowledge with C, we'd appreciate any help in fixing bugs caused by patches or any new contributions.
Patches should not break GTK3 or any applications, and should offer "classic" functionality as seen in GTK2 or early versions of GTK3.
Patches are managed using quilt
. See the man page
for usage or Debian's Using Quilt wiki for hints.
Under Arch, clone this repository and run makepkg
. You may need to
install the build dependencies by passing -s
. If the package is successfully
built, install with sudo pacman -U *.tar.zst
.
The debugger is useful for analysing classes, objects and CSS. To use, set this environment variable before running the GTK application:
export GTK_DEBUG=interactive
If the debugger does not show up, you may need to install development packages for your distribution. For example, in Debian/Ubuntu, this would be:
sudo apt install libgtk-3-dev
Patches follow the same license as GTK3, which is LGPL.