How do I apply themes to gtk applications when I'm using Awesome WM?

Question

No matter what I use, e.g. gtk-ctheme, and the other apps availible in the repos, gtk applications running under Awesome WM stay ugly.

The same apps look fine when I use unity.

Any thoughts?

Possible duplicate? http://askubuntu.com/questions/82095/fonts-in-menu-are-larger-than-they-should-be-under-awesome-wm — fossfreedom, Mar 06 '12 at 23:12
@user49503 unfortunately it not only work with theme, but also screws down keyboard layout. — Hi-Angel, Oct 23 '15 at 09:56

score 22 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '12 at 04:15

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Try installing lxappearance

sudo apt-get install lxappearance

screenshot

answered Feb 01 '12 at 04:15

Panther

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '12 at 18:12

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You can edit the gtk config files, like described here http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Customizing_GTK_Apps

lxappearance works fine too, but if you can't get it done with gtk-ctheme then it probably doesn't work for you either

answered Mar 14 '12 at 18:12

joe8

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While this technically answers the question, the link alone [isn't sufficient for a good answer by itself](http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/8259). Now, this answer is unhelpful at this point because the wiki you pointed to is now closed. – Nolan Akash Jan 18 '17 at 15:42
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The link is dead :( – user41209 Aug 08 '21 at 19:27

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