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Idea #144: Same gtk theme to usr and root

bug This idea was marked as being not considered for implementation the 25 September 11.
Written by soyelmatu the 28 Feb 08 at 18:57. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: Won't implement
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Why not use same gtk theme to usr an root by default??
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #144
Written by soyelmatu the 28 Feb 08 at 18:57.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #144 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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aysiu (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 19:05
Applications run as the root user can make system-wide changes. When you run these applications, you should be cautious, and having a separate theme reminds you you are not running as a regular user but as root.

bigdufstuff wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 19:17
It should be VERY obvious that you are running as root and not as user. Having different themes is a good way to get this done.

will_in_wi wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 20:05
I should probably post this separately, I think that having the same theme is a good idea, but use something like a bright red title bar to indicate that you are running the app as root.

peterjs wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 12:01
This is enabled by default, the problem is if the theme you are using is in ~/.themes, the program running with root privileges won't know to look there it will instead look in /root/.themes like it should, and since it will obviously fail to find the theme that isn't there, it will fall back on the default.


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