custom color scheme for geany gtk

[saiballo]

Until version 1.32 I used a custom color scheme for interface. I run Geany with this command:

bash -c 'GTK2_RC_FILES=~/.config/geany/my_theme geany %F'

with 1.33 version this launcher does not work... any suggestion?

I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 and GTK 3.18.9, GLib 2.48.2

thank you

[codebrainz]

You're using a GTK+ 3 build of Geany, so your GTK+ 2 gtkrc theme isn't going to work anymore. Nothing has changed in Geany, just you (or your distro, PPA, etc.) has used the --enable-gtk3 option when building Geany.

[saiballo]

ah ok... thank you.

so if i change PPA to another with geany 1.33 compiled with gtk2 it would be work or not?

Or how can i enable my old theme with gtk3?

[codebrainz]

so if i change PPA to another with geany 1.33 compiled with gtk2 it would be work or not?

If it's built against GTK+ 2, it would work just as it did before.

Or how can i enable my old theme with gtk3?

You would have to port it to GTK+ 3 CSS. Unfortunately they changed just about everything between v2 and v3 to do with theming, but if you know CSS already, you'd probably find it easier/better in GTK+3.

[saiballo]

ok thanks!

[saiballo]

Ok, finally solve with the help of Gtk Inspector. With these rules you can customize a dark theme for sidebar and dialogs (I didn't want to customize entire interface):

#GeanyDialog GtkButton,
#GeanyDialog GtkButton GtkLabel,
#GeanyDialog GtkButton GtkImage,
#GeanyDialog GtkWidget GtkEntry,
#GeanyDialog GtkWidget GtkButton
{
background: #f0f0f0;
color: #000;
}

#GeanyDialogSearch,
#GeanyDialog,
GtkTreeView
{
background: #1e1e1e;
color: #fff;
}

#GeanyDialog GtkWidget
{
background: transparent;
}

GtkTreeView:hover,
GtkTreeView:insensitive,
GtkTreeView:active {
background: #666;
}

GtkTreeView:selected {
background-color: #2F5692;
color: #fff;
}