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Re: KDE Color themes not applying correctly

Reply #15 –
Okay, good to know- thanks. So, is qt5ct something akin to something like qtcurve in respect to wholly replacing the stock QT theming system? I used qtcurve before and am aware of its extensibility benefits. It seems like qt5ct is much less feature packed, but I haven't looked into it too much. Anyway, are there drawbacks to using GTK colors hacked to work with QT over normal QT colors?

Re: KDE Color themes not applying correctly

Reply #16 –
Quote from: xqtha2276 – on
I recently migrated the user folder from my old Ubuntu installation to my Artix install.
The definitive theming resource is the Arch wiki. However, you must also read how the uniform dark theme is applied in Artix.

Quote from: xqtha2276 – on
One of my issues is color themes for KDE Plasma are not applying correctly. While certain parts of QT change accordingly, others like the view area remain stock "Breeze" no matter what theme I choose- even "Breeze Dark". It really looks like something that would be solved by a reboot. But, alas, it never is.
I also ensured "/home/$USER$/.kde/share/apps/color-schemes" has user permissions. Still, nothing.
Any ideas of where I should look to next? Is this not a permissions issue and something that can be solved some other way?
The fact that you migrated your user directory from another distro is the main problem here. I can safely guess that copied-over settings interfere with the correct theme application. My suggestion is that you backup everything out of ~/.config, copy /etc/skel/* into your home dir and logout-login. I'm not sure whether KDE overwrites settings on logout, you might want to be logged out and perform this task from the console. Then, merge into your clean ~/.config the backed-up settings of the applications you use.

The way theming works in Artix is tersely explained here: https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1380.msg11309/topicseen.html#msg11309

Re: KDE Color themes not applying correctly

Reply #17 –
Thank you, that's very helpful.

Re: KDE Color themes not applying correctly

Reply #18 –
Wow, your solution worked like a charm. Now, all I have to do is copy folders from my clean backup over one to a few at a time (depending on what application the config is for). If themes break again, I'm able to know precisely what caused it. Also, I didn't need to log out and work from the console- just used Dolphin.
I really wasn't expecting to make much progress solving this stuff. Needless to say, I'm a very happy camper :D
 

Re: KDE Color themes not applying correctly

Reply #19 –
See? Artix theme-ing isn't neither broken nor hardcoded. Thanks for your report.