On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 03:18:50PM +0100, Laurence Tratt wrote: > Under XFCE, at least a couple of programs don't display file open dialogue > boxes correct. For example, if I load "shotcut" and press "Ctrl-O", I get a > blank window instead of a file chooser, and the whole program becomes stuck. > kdenlive also has the same problem. > > The problem seems to be related to this message from a few years back: > > https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=151397647426167&w=2 > > On XFCE this variable is set as follows: > > $ echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP > XFCE > > In the case of shotcut, I need, at a minimum, to do: > > $ XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP= shotcut > > in order for shotcut to work. But, weirdly, on another machine (with a > more-or-less identical setup), that isn't enough and I need to do: > > $ XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=kde shotcut > > or otherwise set XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP to some value other than XFCE or "" in > order for things to work. > > I *think* (but might have misunderstood) that some programs have previously > been patched so that they do "the right thing" for different values of > XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP, so I'm not clear if there's a general solution or not. > If there isn't, and if programs such as shotcut and kdenlive continue to have > problems, hopefully this message might help someone else work out how to get > them working, albeit not in the most satisfactory manner!
All qt5 apps are affected, see https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=158382166823558&w=2. My workaround is to set a different theme than gtk3 via qt5ct. Landry
