Questions about "themes" which alter the look of the interface.
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Installing 12.10 themes! I can't get any to work
I cannot seem to get any themes or tweaks to activate or show up in the appearance tab in system settings. I have downloaded gnome tweak tool and compiz through the terminal, but still nothing. I ...
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Theme isnt changing using Gnome Tweak Tool
In 12.04 I used Unity and was able to change the theme with the gnome-tweak-tool.
Since the update to 12.10 I use gnome and try to change the theme however nothing changes except the top bar which I ...
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Broken theme after upgrading to 12.10 [closed]
I just upgraded my PC from 12.04 to 12.10. Everything goes fine, but after all I get into some troubles with Ambiance theme (screenshot), on right-click menu, or file menu; text have background what ...
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Ambiance Theme gone ! i've left with radiance , when i try to select it i got a metacity like theme
Ambiance Theme gone ! i've left with radiance , when i try to select it i got a metacity like theme.(tried to reinstall ambiance themes etc without any luck.
I'm using ubuntu 12.10 64bit.
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How to Make Ubuntu look like Windows Vista?
Well for Starters, I do know that this sounds weird to want it to look like vista and not windows 7, but I just don't like how win7 looks, that's just me, you can not change me.
I have searched on ...
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Installed mouse cursor theme but it only shows in some applications
I went here and downloaded a theme named Ubuntaero_v1.0.
Then I extracted the files to /usr/share/icons.
After rebooting the system, the default cursor theme remains, except when moving the mouse ...
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Probleme with theme in Xubuntu 12.04
Something happened and some butttons or even whole windows looks like in Windows Classic theme.Also somethings changed in fonts.
So I realized that I had turn off Compositor in Windows Manager ...
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Gnome-tweak-tool not working on Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10 [closed]
I'm experiencing some problems with Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10 64bits.
My gnome-tweak-tool doesn't apply themes properly. For the gkt themes, I noted that they are not fully applied. For example, I ...
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How do I change this theme's menu behavior back to 12.04's behavior?
Using a Radiance derived theme in 12.04 the menu item pointed to by the mouse or selected by cycling through using the keyboard was always had a single color background and a contrasting text color ...
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How to adjust the appearance of the Unity in 12.10? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I configure Unity?
Now I updated to 12.10 and would like to adjust the desktop, well unity, appearance.
I know there is the theme setting, but I cannot adjust ...
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Marlin + But I wish they used a different theme to the system. [closed]
I like Marlin.
But I wish they used a different theme to the system.
know how to do?
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How can I get dark toolbars in GTK+2 apps with Ambiance?
How can I get dark toolbars on GTK+2 apps with the Ambiance theme that comes with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS? This doesn't make a difference for me with the "ubuntu-mono-dark" icon theme but with themes like ...
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Question about GtkScrollbar class in custom themes
I very much like to use the Zukitwo theme as an alternative over the standard Ambiance theme, it is to my taste more easy on the eyes.
However, the theme takes away the scrollbar arrows or ...
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How do I fix gnome shell themes? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cannot install shell-themes using gnome-tweak-tool
This is my fifth full format and install of Ubuntu in under a month. I finally have my Gnome 3 desktop working again, ...
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Installing a new theme on 12.04
How can the "Clearlooks compact" theme be installed on 12.04 running Unity and MyUnity? The link says to drag a link from the author's webpage to the Appearance window but nothing happens when I do ...
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Is there a Microsoft Office theme for LibreOffice?
Is there a Microsoft Office 2007/2010 theme for LibreOffice? The interface of Libreoffice slightly confuse me.
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title bar display glitch with ambiance and radiance window theme on background window
I use Ubuntu 12.04 with gnome-shell and default Ambiance window theme. There is a display glitch on title bar of background windows. It can be seen on the screenshot below.
The bug also occurs with ...
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Weird title bar
I have got weird problem with Ambiance (it happened suddenly, no changes made by me):
Title bar in all apps can't be set to Ambiance, it simply doesn't change. Does anybody meet such problem?
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How to disable dark theme on webpages in Firefox?
I switched to a dark theme (Dolorean Dark). I like it and I think--it is better for eyes. However I have problems in some web pages. Most pages are intended to be shown on white background. On dark ...
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How do I change GTK theme of my app in run time?
I recently noticed that monodevelop, can change GTK theme in runtime . How do I add it in my quickly app?
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How can I install themes on Ubuntu 12.04LTS? I know where to get but I don't know how to install them after I downloaded [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I change to a theme not listed in the Appearance screen?
I am new to Ubuntu. I don't know how to install softwares other than through Ubuntu software center.
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How to fix Xubuntu LightDM Theme after installing unity.
After successfully installing Xubuntu 12.04.1 on my laptop, I decided to install Unity. That went OK but then I realized there was no themes. So then I installed the themes and artwork, and got a ...
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Which xfce4-window theme is this?
I found this image on the xfce4-slideshow but I cant find it in my xfce.
What is the name of this theme?
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Install themes on kubuntu
I just installed the package kubuntu-desktop and i found some really good themes online:
http://kubuntu-art.org/content/show.php/Ice+cream+Theme+%28QtCurve%2CEmerald%2CChrome%29?content=151493
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How to align Conky text to centre of desktop?
I am working on creating an entire Theme based off of Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto album. This is my first time working with Conky and theme creation. I started off by creating the Conky setup:
I would ...
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How can I convert a coloured icon to a monochrome one?
I recently compiled goldendict from source. To my dismay I discovered that there were no monochrome appindicator icons included. At the moment I am stuck with this:
I tried converting the icons to ...
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How to create an Icon theme/set for Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I make a Theme from scratch for Unity?
I am looking to create an Icon theme for Ubuntu Unity. This is a first time effort, so I was looking for answers from ...
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How to install QtCurve 'tar.gz' theme in Kubuntu 12.04?
I have downloaded this theme from kde-look.
How I can install it? I copied the uncompressed files to ~.kde/share/apps/desktoptheme/ but it doesn't work.
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How to change color of the frame of a maximizing window [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I change the “Selected Items” color?
How do I change the theme and window border color?
Can I theme the menubar to look different if a window is maximized?
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How do you turn on the customizable gnome-panel features (like gnome-applets) in Precise?
I resurrected a broken laptop today. I took out the HDD, put it in a USB 3.0 enclosure, and created a VM that would use it.
It was running Lucid. I took a screenshot of the desktop before I started ...
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How to update gtk-3.4 themes to the new gtk-3.6
Is it too complicated to achieve? if it's not could you tell me how, please. I have some basic knowledge about gtk and css. Also, is this going to continue happening each time gnome releases a new ...
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Not all the icons have changed after installing a new icon theme in Lubuntu
I have installed an icon theme in Lubuntu. Icons have changed but not every icon. Folder icons are the same but there are many more icons for music folder, video folder etc. Opera has new icon, but ...
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How do I change my desktop theme from grey bars to black bars?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04.1 and I have just installed the official Nvidia driver. now every time I log in, any gnome based desktop replacement (like unity or cinnamon) doesn't start correctly. It ...
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Change Ubuntu Gnome Classic Theme
I'm using ubuntu 12.04 and I love the "theme" the login screen has, but I can't find a way to change it to be like that in Ubuntu Gnome Classic.
The transparency looks awesome, but I'm stuck with a ...
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How to use a different gtk (gtk3) theme for some applications?
I want to use a custom theme for Nautilus and for some other applications but I want to keep the generic theme for the rest of the applications and system.
I know it can be done in gtk2.
For ...
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How to un-install the Mac OSX Lion Theme
I have had the Mac OSX Lion theme theme installed for a month or two now, and am ready to either try a new theme, or go back to the default Unity theme.
How can I completely remove this theme?
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How do I theme the Sound Menu playback buttons? [closed]
In my GTK+2/3 theme I am making for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, there's a very noticeable problem when it comes to the Sound Menu buttons - they are completely black with white icons:
Obviously, this does ...
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Installing a customizing theme
I use virtualbox to use ubuntu (12.04). I want to customize the theme but I didn't find in the preferences how to that. So I webt to ubuntu-art, and I downloaded a .sh file (metacity theme), but how ...
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Installing Nvidia Drivers in 12.04 [closed]
1> I have been fed up trying to install nvidia graphic drivers. After the installation ubuntu starts looking ugly, the taskbar or the sidebar doesnt remain the same as before. The window close button ...
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Can I theme the menubar to look different if a window is maximized?
I know you can theme the Unity menubar in GTK+3 using CSS, but is there a way to theme it differently depending on whether a window is maximized?
This would be useful for e.g. themes where the ...
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How can I theme Synaptic Manager?
I use Lubuntu 12.04 and a gtk2 theme, Elegant Arch.
With such a theme, gtk2 applications like Thunar will be themed, while others like Nautilus, would be not (see this question ant the images ...
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Can I make Nautilus look better in Lubuntu 12.04?
I mean that PCManFM and Thunar follow my theme:
Nautilus does not:
I have to add that I do not want to change my present theme. And I guess that is the problem, as it does not have a gtk3 ...
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Why did Nautilus revert to the default grey theme?
I am using 11.10. Sometimes Nautilus wakes up grey all over, without the typical orange. Is there any known cause for this behavior?
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How do I have my GTK+3 theme look different in certain applications?
If I want my GTK+3 theme that I'm writing to theme certain UI elements in some applications a bit differently than for most applications, how would I go about doing that?
For example, I might have a ...
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High contrast theme Firefox problem
I am using the high contrast inverse theme in 12.04 as I am visually impaired. This generally works great but causes a problem in Firefox as entered text e.g into a Google search is white. As the text ...
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How to configure my ubuntu12.04 theme to make the window look like windows7 aero? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there an Ubuntu theme available to make it look like Windows 7?
I want to install a "glass style" theme on my ubuntu, and I have tried emerald decorator, but it not ...
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Dark themes and browsers [closed]
Many have experienced the frustration of dark text in dark form fields (or white text in white ones!) on webpages after switching to a "dark" desktop theme. Though there are "solutions" around, such ...
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What part of the gtkrc file controls the color of the copy/edit/paste buttons in the chrome/chromium wrench menu?
Like the title said, I'm trying to find out what part of the gtk-2.0/gtkrc file is controlling the color of the copy/edit/paste and zoom buttons in the chrome/chromium wrench menu. Or is it something ...
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Apply theme on my Linux [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get and install more themes, icons, and pointers?
Themes don't appear in gnome-tweak-tool
I'd download a theme and I want to apply it, I'm using Linux ...
