[xubuntu-users] Is gtk engines necessary for Xfce/Xubuntu?

[Tong Sun]

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Eric Christopherson wrote:

What is responsible for applying styling to Gtk+ applications when logged
> into the Xubuntu or Xfce sessions as opposed to other sessions? Almost
> everything* I have in the named sessions looks great, and responds well to
> my requests to apply styling; but when I'm using another desktop (or none
> at all), everything is very oversized, blocky, and ugly; and displays no
> semblance of whatever theme I had applied...


Yeah, there are always times when we get into a system that just doesn't
look right, and the problem is nobody clearly knows what's missing that is
causing it.

I once read somewhere that it might be because missing gtk2-engines-xfce
and gtk3-engines-xfce packages, and thus have been installing them
since Xubuntu 11.10, but was never sure if it helps at all.

But so many years passed by and those two package never made into Xubuntu.
This make me wonder if they are necessary at all.

Anyone knows?

Or, let me ask this way, anyone know where to look if things like Eric
described happens?

Thanks
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