Re: Gnome 3.16 applications in other desktop environments have an ugly frame around their windows now

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

Hi;

On 10 April 2015 at 16:05, drago01 <drago01 gmail com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Bazon Bloch <bazonbloch arcor de> wrote:
> > With Gnome 3.16, applications like nautilus, totem, file-roller, evince,
> > gnome-calculator and others in other desktop environments (XFCE, KDE) have
> > an ugly frame around their windows now. It's probably a not working shadow.
> > See e. g.  http://i.imgur.com/tNdVSI6.png
> > (Screenshot made with XFCE and kwin, but it happens with xfwm4, too.
> > GTK theme = Adwaita-Manjaro. With pure Adwaita, the frame is slightly
> > thinner and white, but still exists.)
> >
> > This is probably related to
> > https://blogs.gnome.org/fmuellner/2015/01/30/a-small-note-on-window-decorations/
>
> No it isn't.
>
> > Does anyone know how to get rid of this frame in other DEs?
>
> This looks like it tryes to draw a shadow and fails to do so because
> you are not using a compositor.

I don't think that's the case.

> So file a bug against gtk.
> As a workaround enable the compositor provided by your DE.

If no compositor is detected, GTK+ already draws a full border, no
rounded corners, and no shadow.

See bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746222

Ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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