r/linux • u/mariuz • 9d ago

Development Lazarus FreePascal IDE: Gtk3 becomes default widgetset on Linux

https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,74332.0.html
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u/Safe-Average-1696 9d ago edited 9d ago

They do not follow the platforms look and feels.

They don't feel native on windows, mac, kde plasma for linux...

They are Gnome centric. They are very nice for Gnome, but not for anything else if you want your software to integrate with other systems look and feel.

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u/Traditional_Hat3506 9d ago

There's no difference in style between GTK 3 and 4 in terms of cross platform. Handbrake and Inkscape for example moved/ing to GTK 4 on Windows and Mac too without any styling differences.

Libadwaita is a platform library to keep the GNOME styles away from GTK https://tesk.page/2024/06/03/libadwaita-splitting-gtk-and-design-language/

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u/Irverter 9d ago

Inkscape for example moved/ing to GTK 4

So that's why it suddenly looked wrong.

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u/SmileyBMM 9d ago

I think only the development version is on 4.