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Ever wondered how the #GTK4 file picker looks without #libadwaita? Take a look at Transmission. Click on the Open button and it should open the GTK4 file picker without libadwaita.

- https://beta.flathub.org/apps/com.transmissionbt.Transmission

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in reply to Emmanuele Bassi

@ebassi I thought libadwaita restyled the file picker to make it fit better in GNOME :/

In that case, are you aware of what's happening? I'll correct the post

(This is one of those times one gets confident of being correct without bothering to check, sorry)

in reply to TheEvilSkeleton :silverblue:

libadwaita adds some tweaks to the file chooser, yes; some of those should be reintegrated into GTK's default theme, especially the padding and the button styling, but Transmission is not a GNOME application, so there's no expectation it should look like one, even if it uses GTK.

Maybe I got your tone wrong, but it sounded like you were complaining about visual issues.

in reply to Emmanuele Bassi

@ebassi oh, I wasn't complaining, and I wasn't bothered or concerned by anything either.

I'm aware of everything you've said. I just wanted to let everyone know how the GTK4 (without anything from libadwaita changes) file picker looks.

Sorry for the confusion, but just to clarify, I wasn't complaining at all.