# Weird looking drop-downs in Kirigami apps

**URL:** <https://discuss.kde.org/t/weird-looking-drop-downs-in-kirigami-apps/18538>\
**Category:** Brainstorm\
**Tags:** plasma, kirigami, qt, systemsettings\
**Created:** [July 11, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/weird-looking-drop-downs-in-kirigami-apps/18538 "2024-07-11T07:53:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![spaceshuttlee](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@spaceshuttlee](https://discuss.kde.org/u/spaceshuttlee)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/weird-looking-drop-downs-in-kirigami-apps/18538/1 "2024-07-11T07:53:39Z")

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Hi.  
I’ve noticed that drop-down menus in Kirigami look a lot different (and in my opinion uglier) than standard Qt ones. Is there a reason for such a big design difference?

Thanks in advance.

 ![Bug](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/55a24838c44243dc72fbc912be06d8a3c3295c9b.png)

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**Author:** ![redstrate](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/redstrate/32/3932_2.png) [@redstrate](https://discuss.kde.org/u/redstrate)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/weird-looking-drop-downs-in-kirigami-apps/18538/2 "2024-07-11T13:24:56Z")

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> [@spaceshuttlee](#):
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> I’ve noticed that drop-down menus in Kirigami look a lot different (and in my opinion uglier) than standard Qt ones.

Note that there are no “standard Qt” ones in your screenshot, the drawing of the combobox is handled by us.

@akselmo

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**Author:** ![Chess](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/chess/32/10179_2.png) [@Chess](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Chess)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/weird-looking-drop-downs-in-kirigami-apps/18538/3 "2024-07-11T14:32:11Z")

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I know no one asked me, but the truth is that Kirigami seems better to me.

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**Author:** ![akselmo](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/akselmo/32/24058_2.png) [@akselmo](https://discuss.kde.org/u/akselmo)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/weird-looking-drop-downs-in-kirigami-apps/18538/4 "2024-07-11T19:54:34Z")

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They’re implemented differently, we need to tie them together at some point, so both look as closely similar as possible.

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**Author:** ![MikeBchristian](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/mikebchristian/32/501_2.png) [@MikeBchristian](https://discuss.kde.org/u/MikeBchristian)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/weird-looking-drop-downs-in-kirigami-apps/18538/5 "2024-07-20T06:03:24Z")

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It’s not true, it looks better in Kirigami than in Qt. I have seen it many times, attacking what is good.

They call good bad, and bad good.