gtk3, gtk4 (probably?) qt, qt in flatpak, gtk3 in flatpak, gtk4 in flatpak (probably)... I'm just not fighting it anymore
Does anyone know if KDE is any better with this?
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yes because kde supports client-side decorations and server-side decorations. gnome only supports client-side decorations
A little? You can theme Gtk apps to match, but it's not pixel perfect even with the stock theme.
Its always slightly off on padding and margins, but the overall outcome looks more uniform
I find KDE looks nicer but it always runs like shit on my machine. Skill issue probably
This is the first time I'm hearing something like this. People usually complain about exactly opposite of it!
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adw-gtk3 contributes a small bit to the consistency of window decorations
To be fair, this screenshot also does not have the default adwaita icon pack selected but instead something what I think might be the Mint theme(?)
We should question gtk maintainers motivation for dropping custom app border support in gtk4
This is oke of my true painpoints with linux too. However its tempting to get Hyprland working properly as that removes all windown titlebars (Hyprland is designed to be keyboard first). So at least visually that is a lot more appealing since you no longer will notice this.
I removed all the window titlebars on KDE and I'm happy
Nice, how did you go about removing them? And do you also close them with keyboard shortcuts? Would like to try this on KDE too!
I created a Window Rule and so far it seems to be working. This was a test but I've done it before through the Window-Specific Overrides in Windows Decorations-Edit Breeze Theme
I use the keyboard very often and have a shortcut for that. It works for my use case, I always have windows maximized and tile them when i need it using the default keyboard shortcuts
Thanks for sharing!
For some reason the Rust GUI toolkits don't use WM's window header.
So... Add one more window decoration style to the list
This is the kind of shit that stops people from migrating to Linux.
Lack of consistency in the UI. We’re in 2025 dammit. Not 1995.
Edit: okay, WTF Windows is now even worse?!?
How is a kernel meant to enforce anything about UI?
I think GUI development should favour server-side decorations for consistency's sake, but this is more of a cultural thing with what application developers are choosing to do, rather than anything "Linux" can do about.
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