Yesterday I posted a question about libreoffice not showing the correct theme in Xubuntu 11.10. That question was quickly answered and by installing libreoffice-gtk it now looks really nice and in line with my global theme (Ambiance for Xubuntu, found here).
However, I have now noticed that various other programmes are also affected. E.g. the Ubuntu Software centre, Evince, Startup Disk Creator and the Update Manager.
Is there a global solution to have these apps and programmes to show the correct theme as well (and not the ugly Windows 98 look they have now?)
I already tried the solution offered here (installing qt-qtconfig) and here (making script for qt programmes), but both do not work. I guess they are not qt programmes? I also installed Evince-gtk, but that didn help either (for Evince).
Best Answer
Ok, I have discovered what the problem was. The fault was with the chosen theme, downloaded from xfce-look.org. While it does look good in general, it is incomplete.
I suggest, if you want a good Ambience theme experience for Xubuntu, to use the latest and complete Xfce theme found on the linuxmint-art-org website. You can download that one here.
Also, for sudo-based applications (like the Synaptic package manager), be sure to add the custom theme (if you want to use one) to
/.themes(in the root directory/) Otherwise they will not pick up the theme.