On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 12:36:38PM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 07/02/2018 06:14 AM, Daniel wrote: > > On 26/06/2018 04:41, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > >> On 06/25/2018 06:43 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > >>> One thing I observed is that, > >>> I think an older version version of Windows GUI class is being > >>> used in > >>> 2.3.0. I marked the difference between the GUI of 2.3.0 and > >>> 2.3.0 RC2 > >>> fyi. Top one is 2.3.0 RC, bottom one is 2.3.0 > >> > >> The version of Qt I'm compiling against is probably different from that > >> used for RC2. I'm not sure whether it's "older" or just different. This > >> may just be a matter of what 'theme' is being used in different cases, > >> and so something that is user-configurable. > > > > I just installed LyX on Win 10. I have the same problem with the GUI > > looking outdated. It doesn't take up the default Win10 look. With > > Uwe's old unofficial installer for 2.3 it looks fine. I have never > > used any theme or so. > > Possibly, this is due to a difference in Qt versions. But I don't know > what Uwe's was built with.
This is unlikely. Most probably the qwindowsvistastyle.dll is not being found. This can be due to either a deployment problem or to the fact that it is actually missing. This dynamic library is responsible for the "modern" look. However, note that styles can be changed from the command line through "lyx -style nameofstyle", where nameofstyle on windows can be "windows" (probably what is being used), "windowsvista" (requires a dll), and "fusion" (common to all platforms), which maybe has a better look than "windows". So, I would try whether "lyx -style fusion" looks better (I am assuming that "lyx -style windowsvista" would fail, because it would be otherwise chosen by default). -- Enrico
