Ardour on KDE Plasma - white on white buttons

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Hi

I think this is an old issue but one I’ve not been able to find a solution for. Hopefully someone out there knows how to solve this.

I have a Leap 15 KDE Plasma desktop on which I have installed Ardour 5.12 from the Multimedia repo thus:

Information for package ardour:

Repository : multimedia:apps
Name : ardour
Version : 5.12.0-lp150.2.3
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : obs://build.opensuse.org/multimedia

Problem is, most of the application buttons are white text on white background making it pretty much impossible to use.

I’ve had a play with some of the KDE System Preferences settings especially around GTK themes but nothing seems to make any difference. Does anyone know the answer?

Thanks in advance.

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Can’t help, but I can confirm the same problem (on Tumbleweed, but same repo). -GEF

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Step 1: Install Clearlooks from standard repo

Step 2: In KDE Settings, Application Style, GTK, set GTK2 to Clearlooks

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Play around with the installed themes in Ardour. Worked for me. Mind, everytime after changing to a new theme, restart Ardour.

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Brilliant - many thanks for the solution. In fact, this can be precisely written as follows:

sudo zypper install gtk2-theme-clearlooks
Settings -> System Settings -> Application Style -> Gnome Style -> set GTK2 to Clearlooks

Thanks again.