[tde-users] Re: how to force TDE colors in non-TDE apps? SOLVED

On Monday 18 January 2021 15:56:39 you wrote: Sorry, but I clicked to reply without looking again, and it got sent to E.Liddell's email, rather than the TDE list. Apologies to himself, and resending now to the list. Thanks, I will file them away somewhere safer, I hope. As it turns out, I stumbled on a site: https://askubuntu.com/questions/706528/qt-apps-stopped-inheriting-gtk-theme… https://web.archive.org/web/20201111174652/https://askubuntu.com/questions/… wherein are unlocked the mysteries of qt5ct in a single line. *NOTE that other pages gave information which was either contradictory or at least unclear, leaving me frustrated and unable to figure out where in /home/<USER>/.profile to insert the line for qt. So for other Trinity users out there who may want to use the look of their TDE and color outside the lines when using non-TDE apps, this is what actually worked for me.* After installing qt5ct and whatever other packages (more for developers), run this command: sudo sh -c "echo 'export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2' >> /etc/environment" Open qt5ct and choose according to personal preferences, then reboot. The user will now have TDE colors and themes in non-TDE applications. It will also run gtk2 and gtk3, and lots of other good stuff. It seems like it will work for other desktops, as well, as others say. For most users, this will probably take care of their needs. Thanks for the tip! Bill