Gtk3 (current) or Gtk4 (latest)?

vimanuelt

When writing new applications for GhostBSD, should we use Gtk4 or Gtk3?

ericbsd

For now, GTK3 is the same version as the two desktops shipped by the project. Everything not in GTK4 is deprecated in the latest version of GTK3. I would say that I prefer to stick with GTK3, but if there is a case for GTK4, I am open.

rontarrant

I would say it depends. One of the basic changes made to GTK4 was deprecating (in fact, actually removing) support for window placement. That's fine if you're using a window manager that takes care of it, but because I have yet to find one that does it reliably across multiple displays, I've opted to stick with GTK3.

To sum up:

if you have no need for window placement: GTK4
if you need window placement, but only have one monitor: GTK4 (but make sure you're using a DE with a window manager that takes care of placement)
if you need window placement and have multiple monitors: GTK3 so you can take care of placement yourself in your application

vimanuelt

rontarrant Keeping the same look and feel across GhostBSD apps is probably a requirement.

rontarrant

vimanuelt I can't speak to that having never prioritized it in my own work. Hopefully someone else can address this aspect of things.