firefox/open office integration with KDE

[Peter Lewis]

On Saturday 12 Jun 2010 Nikos Chantziaras sent:

> On 06/13/2010 12:28 AM, Peter Lewis wrote:
> > On Saturday 12 Jun 2010 Nikos Chantziaras sent:
> >> No, it doesn't.  The colors are all wrong; they don't follow the color
> >> theme I'm using in KDE.
> >>
> >> On 06/12/2010 10:17 PM, michael at klemmffm.de wrote:
> >>> http://kde-
> >>> look.org/content/show.php/Oxygen+KDE+%28Firefox+Theme%29?content=117962
> >>>
> >>> looks very similar to oxygen
> >>>
> >>> Am Samstag 12 Juni 2010 21:08:17 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
> >>>> On 06/12/2010 09:09 PM, Martin Koller wrote:
> >>>>> On Friday 11 June 2010 10:57:14 Peter Lewis wrote:
> >>>>>> I find this odd as I run openSuSe 11.2 and Firefox and Open Office
> >>>>>> are both integrated with the KDE look and feel, Firefox more than
> >>>>>> Open Office. Open Office uses its own file open and file save
> >>>>>> dialogues but they are similar to the KDE native versions.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The open office and firefox file dialog _is_ the same as the KDE one
> >>>>> in openSuse 11.2.
> >>>>> AFAIK openSuse people spent quite amount of time to make the KDE
> >>>>> integration fly.
> >>>>
> >>>> I looked at it, and Firefox doesn't look anything like a KDE app.
> >>>> Buttons, menus, input-fields, and other widgets don't look right.
> >>>> Neither do they follow my current Qt style, if I change it.
> >>>>
> >>>> So unless I'm seeing a different openSUSE 11.2 than everyone else,
> >>>> where is this "integration"?  Unless of course having a KDE file
> >>>> dialog counts as "very well integrated" these days.
> >>>>
> >>>> /rant off.
> >
> > I can only say what I find. Firefox main window has all the appearance of
> > being KDE styled and when I open a File->Open File dialogue and put it
> > alongside the KWrite file open dialogue, they look and behave the same.
> > All the Places that I have defined within KDE are available on the
> > Firefox dialogue in the same place and with the same icons.
> >
> > I am sorry if you find different and I am at a loss to explain it.
> 
> Yes, the file dialog.  I'm not talking about the file dialog.  I'm
> talking about Firefox itself.  (Its widgets, you know, tabs, buttons, etc.)
> 

That I think I can explain, I am using Oxygen theme in Firefox and Oxygen 
style, colours and icons with ozone windows in KDE. You are quite right that 
the application of a theme in KDE does not filter through to Firefox but once 
set up I perceive a consistent look.
Its good enough for me but you are obviously more sensitive to application 
appearance and behaviour.


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All the best,
Peter Lewis
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