[kde] [Bug 460929] New: Themes don't look like the screenshots

[josvanr]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460929

            Bug ID: 460929
           Summary: Themes don't look like the screenshots
    Classification: I don't know
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Kubuntu
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: josvanr at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

Summary: various global themes don't look like the included screenshot when I
try them. Eg the shape and positioning of the panel looks different, the
background can't be found etc.

Yesterday I came back to KDE after 10 years, let's give it a go again :) So I
decided to try a couple of themes. It was easy! Just click 'Get new themes',
browse the screenshots, and click 'Install'. How nice! Theming built right in
to KDE, no hassle with downloading a zip archive  and figuring out what the
random files in there are supposed to do. Yes I have distributed zip files like
that myself :) 

Unfortunately, it turned out that none of the themes I tried looked   like the
included screenshot. Eg a global theme screenshot shows some rounded panel in
the bottom. But then I try the theme, and it looks square or whatever, even
after fiddling with various settings.   So.. what... how.. Why is this baked
into KDE settings, when it obviously doesn't work properly. 

Maybe this is not a technical issue: the designer of the theme could have
included a screenshot of whatever button bar, not even a KDE program. And this
would be fine if I'd be trying out a zip   with all kinds of random files
inside, that may or may not produce a certain theming result. But if the
functionality is built in to KDE, the user expects it to work.  Maybe it would
be nice if there at least was a small section with themes that are verified to
work as expected....

So all of this is more a matter of organization, not sure if this is the right
place to post this remark, but I do experience it as a 'bug' :)

thnx!

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