GTK2 theme not loaded from ~/.local/share/themes

[Remco Haszing]

In Xubuntu 13.10 I was able to load themes from ~/.local/share/themes.

In Xubuntu 14.04 I can still load the GTK3 theme, but not the GTK2 theme.

Workaround:
Load the themes from ~/.themes.

Downside:
Cluttered home directory.

How to reproduce:
1. Download a theme and put in in ~/.themes.
2. Open settings manager and a GTK3 app. (I used gedit.)
3. Apply the downloaded theme.
So far everything should work.

4. Move the downloaded theme to ~/.local/share/themes.
5. Apply another theme and reapply the downloaded one.
At this point only the GTK2 theme is loaded.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xfce4 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Mon Sep 1 11:12:59 2014
SourcePackage: xfce4
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)]

"That’s happening because GTK2 cannot read the Theme RC file from “~/.local/share/themes/” location."

http://worldofgnome.org/gtk-theme-ing-issue-in-gnome-3-10/

[sixsixfive (punx69)]

Seems Xfce-settings is unable to set the gtk2 theme if the theme is installed to ~/.local/share/themes.