[Qt-creator] QtCreator 4.0.2. does not use my Ubuntu theme.

Jochen Becher jochen_becher at gmx.de
Sat Jun 25 23:30:52 CEST 2016


I always use Qt and QtCreator from the Online installer. I am using
Gnome3 desaktop, I do not even have installed Qt in my system.

Qt 5.6 does have libgtk2.0 (in plugins/platformthemes) but Qt 5.7 does
not.

Regards, Jochen


Am Samstag, den 25.06.2016, 23:09 +0200 schrieb Tobias Hunger:
> Hi Jochen,
> Am 25.06.2016 23:00 schrieb "Jochen Becher" <jochen_becher at gmx.de>:
> > I updated QtCreator from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 and suddenly it does not
> use
> > the chosen Ubuntu theme style anymore (e.g. different layout of
> menubar
> > and completely different icon set). I have seen that in the past
> > already.
> >
> > Why does this happen and how can I fix it? I know that building
> > QtCreator myself fixes it because that's what I did in the past but
> > currently I'd prefer to use the official version.
> Unfortunately you do not reveal how you updated.
> I would expect ubuntu packages to be ubuntu-themed, while our binary
> packages are probably not.
> AFAIK Ubuntu has patches in their Qt versions to make it work well
> with Ubuntu which I expect to be lacking/disabled in the Qt we ship
> Creator with.
> That would be consistent with your observation that self-built
> Creators are following Ubuntu style - assuming you built Creator
> against ubuntu's Qt.
> Best Regards,
> Tobias



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