# WxRuby GUI doesn't look native

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby-gui-doesnt-look-native/166937>\
**Category:** wxRuby\
**Created:** [May 1, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby-gui-doesnt-look-native/166937 "2009-05-01T06:21:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby-gui-doesnt-look-native/166937/1 "2009-05-01T06:21:58Z")

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Hi,

Recently, I switched from Tk to WxRuby, because it comes as a gem, and  
doesn’t require an extra program. Over the past couple of days, I’ve  
been  
playing with it, (on Windows XP) and notices that none of the buttons or  
gauges or anything look native. I downloaded  
wxruby-2.0.0-x86-mswin32-60.gem, with Ruby 1.8. What is causing this?

Thanks,  
Jonah

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby-gui-doesnt-look-native/166937/2 "2009-05-01T07:38:03Z")

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Hi Jonah

[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> - Recently, I switched from Tk to WxRuby, because it comes as a gem,  
> and doesn’t require an extra program. Over the past couple of days,  
> I’ve been playing with it, (on Windows XP) and notices that none of  
> the buttons or gauges or anything look native. I downloaded  
> wxruby-2.0.0-x86-mswin32-60.gem, with Ruby 1.8. What is causing this?\*

Does this help? :

[http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com/2007/10/windows-xp-visual-style-controls-with.html](http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com/2007/10/windows-xp-visual-style-controls-with.html)

(referenced here: [http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Installation](http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Installation))

alex