Is there anything I can to about this ugly ass file choosing

Aren't there some gui editors for linux? Or some config file where you edit the size/width of GUI?

Search online, and report back. I'm interested in it too.

Use a different GTK theme.

>>57524060
I tried many, this dialog stays the same, though.

>>57524135

Of course the dialog will stay the same. Only the elements can change, their padding, margins, font size, and things can change.

>>57524191
That's not what I meant. How come every single theme keeps the same button size and padding between folder names? I guess I'll just try to compile engrampa with gtk2 support, since that and chromium are the only gui apps I use, it won't feel inconsistent with other tools.

>>57523911
>solch eine Neuschwuchtel sein
>sein OS auf germanisch benutzen
>732MB Datenträger
>Spiegel Bestseller
>lädt elektronische Bücher zum Lernen herunter
>irgendwas mit cyka blyat
>irgendwelche anderen komischen Downloads
>1280x800
>leichter Nieselregen bei 2°C

>>57524265

>How come every single theme keeps the same button size and padding between folder names?
Because those are sane defaults.
I'm pretty sure you can theme it yourself if you want ultra slim buttons. For example, the theme I used had too slim buttons and the guy maintaining them fixed it after a report.
You don't even have to use a specific theme, you use use the global override in your config folder which would apply to all themes. Find the right CSS class for buttons and adjust it there.

>gtk3
All you can really do is wait until the devs pull their fingers out. Remember how shit Unity was? Remember how shit KDE5 was? Remember they only recently became sort-of-not-shit? Such is life in the open source world.

Honestly, MATE was my last bastion of hope but that's moving to gtk3, so now I have to avoid that for years too. Xfce it is.