I want to reverse the button order in GTK dialog boxes. Currently the buttons are Cancel-OK, as read left to right. I want OK-Cancel as read left to right.

In /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc I have gtk-alternative-button-order=1. Permissions are 644. The GTK2_RC_FILES environment variable is set to:

GTK2_RC_FILES=$HOME/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0:/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc

I tried $HOME/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkrc and $HOME/.gtkrc-2.0 with the same option.

I tried setting the option to true and True. I tried zero (false).

GIMP abides by the option. Audacity, LSHW, MP3Splt, WireShark, and Firefox do not.

Doesn't matter whether I am in KDE or Xfce.

I've tried userChrome.css tricks for Firefox but they all seem obsolete now and do not work.

Seems all GTK apps but GIMP ignore this option. I'm inclined to think this option is obsolete. Is there another option or a different way? Is another option overriding this option?

I've searched the web until my eyes were bleary.

I'm stumped.

Edit: Perhaps this is futile? I found this snippet:

. . . Gtk apps need to be coded to accept an alternative button order - GIMP 2.4 has, GIMP 2.2 hasn't. Firefox is a bit more tricky. . . .

This would imply that each GTK app has to look for the gtk-alternative-button-order option?

I recall reading that Firefox was supposed to adapt the button order to each desktop. I'll settle for reversing the buttons in Firefox 3.0x (Slackware 12.2). . . .

Any help?

No ideas?

Hi Woodsman,

Didn't want you to get lonesome or think that no one cares! I have read this post several times but had no ideas to contribute, but here is some moral support for what it is worth.

My son is our resident Gtk-Genius so I'll ask him first chance I get.

I had my son, our Gtk-geek, read your original post earlier today and asked if he had any ideas.

He said that the snippet you posted is correct as far as he knows - ie, apps have be coded to provide the functionality. He was aware that you can code Gtk apps to alter their button order, but he has never actually bothered to do so in his apps - and apparently most others do not do so either.

The only app he was aware of that provided that capability did so through a preferences type setup and did not rely on the global config variable.

As far as Firefox - or any other apps that are coded to recognize it, sorry no help there either - batting zero on this one.

But he would be interested to hear if you learn more about this just for his own curiosity, so if you come up with anything new please post it here.

Sorry we couldn't provide any answers.

Woodsman, contact this guy, The Rob via here:

http://www.gnome-look.org/usermanage...sername=TheRob

He appears to be a GTK geek and just may know of a solution.