Comment 29 for bug 1168281

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gumbeto (gumbeto) wrote : Re: [Bug 1168281] Re: Mint-X theme causes problems with Eclipse

You are right, I just searched a few screenshots and the blank elements are
there across OSes, so they are clearly intentional. I thought that look was
particular to Linux Mint. It looks strange enough that I thought there was
a problem. Sorry for the confusion.

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Jens Reimann <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Well I guess you can argue a lot about style and Eclipse in general.
> However this is how Eclipse E4 looks like. As far as I know, this is
> intended to look like that.
>
> You still have a theme manager in Eclipse, if you are not satisfied with
> the default (Eclipse) theme. I guess the basic idea is to move away from
> what the operating system provides, and do it in a "Eclipse style".
>
> Wheter or not you like it (I don't), this is nor an issue of Mint.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1168281
>
> Title:
> Mint-X theme causes problems with Eclipse
>
> Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Using the Mint-X theme and Eclipse causes minor visual corruptions
> with Eclipse. It seems as if the Toolbar's background is always drawn,
> although it should be transparent (inherit from parent) sometimes.
> Switching to the "Adwaita" GTK themes solves the issue, although it
> does not look as good as the Mint-X theme.
>
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