XFCE and OpenOffice.org

I have installed Xubuntu and than OOo and I get really ugly look

This screenshot is from Xubuntu. OpenOffice
http://shrani.si/?ooouglys7tq.png
This one is Firefox on Xubuntu looking prety good
http://shrani.si/?fx2beautifs7tw.png
And this one is OpenOffice in Ubuntu
http://shrani.si/?ooobeautifs7tp.png

Can I do something about it?

That is the theme that XFCE uses. You can change it in the configuration.

HM?

Please look at firefox screenshot which was taken on same system

Visit http://xfce-look.org if you want to download and install Xfce themes and stuff.

Firefox has it's own theme manager and you can find them https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/themes

Not all applications will obey XFCE's theme because either they are not GTK applications or otherwise have their own theme engine.

Firefox has it's own themes to worry about, so it is not going to look as different as a program that actually follows the GTK theme (I believe the only thing Firefox's default UI will change is the color scheme, the rest is going to obey the theme file have installed for it).

Other such applications are Opera, and any KDE application (KDE applications have their own theme setup).

Note you can also alter OpenOffice icon style at:

Tools>Options...>OpenOffice.org>View

under "Icon size and style".

Simple solution, install the openoffice.org-gtk package

-- Xubuntu lover

I had the same problem temporarily after reinstalling the OS. Unfortunately, I have a memory glitch.

IIRC, I had to alter a setting in the Xfce settings manager. It could have been Desktop : Allow Xfce to manage the desktop. What you are seeing now is OpenOffice's attempt at creating a GUI and I agree it's awful. I got quite a shock when I saw it on my system. You do not need to install anything to fix it and I'm almost 100% certain it's an Xfce setting that needs to be changed.

It's not! On Xubuntu, you need to install that package I said: openoffice.org-gtk. If you don't then, yes, OOo makes its own GUI, without GTK (not pretty).

Allowing Xfce to manage the desktop does not affect anything, other than starting xfdesktop, to show icons, wallpaper and such.

>> "I have installed Xubuntu and than OOo and I get really ugly look

This screenshot is from Xubuntu. OpenOffice
http://shrani.si/?ooouglys7tq.png
This one is Firefox on Xubuntu looking prety good
http://shrani.si/?fx2beautifs7tw.png
And this one is OpenOffice in Ubuntu
http://shrani.si/?ooobeautifs7tp.png

Can I do something about it?"

you wouldnt want a team to get "personal" on their product , that is a bad thing to do actually ...

i think that ugly one is the default given ... follow those links above , should be able to do your trick ...


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I'm too generous for my own good.

I altered the setting mentioned, logged out, saving the session, logged back in and launched OpenOffice. It duly appeared in all its native ugliness.

I changed the setting back, logged out etc and launched OpenOffice again. It reappeared in all its Xfce beauty.

EDIT: I should mention that I have created my own Theme, using an existing one as a beginning. I know, I'm wonderful.