Questions tagged [themes]
Questions about "themes" which alter the look of the interface.
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How do I remove rounded borders from windows in Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME shell?
How can I make window edges squared (instead of round) in Ubuntu 18.04? I am using the Ambiance theme.
What I tried (without any success on 18.04):
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Ubuntu Budgie dark theme not applying correctly
I am relatively new to using Linux as my Desktop OS.
I have been using Ubuntu Budgie for a while now. I really love it, feels great to use.
Unfortunately I am having some issues with inconsistent ...
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Switching Plasma theme from the command line
I would like to switch between dark and light themes easily (Default Breeze and dark Breeze themes) without having to navigate to System Settings > Global themes > Click on theme > click Apply.
So I ...
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Can I have the exact same graphical interface of 18.04 in 22.04?
I remember Ubuntu 18.04 had a really neat GUI, which looked like this. Is it possible to have the exact same desktop user interface in 22.04? I have tried installing lightdm, but it pretty much didn't ...
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How do I make the VLC flatpak adapt to the my system's theme?
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My system is Ubuntu-MATE Release 22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) 64-bit, the desktop environment is "MATE 1.26.0". I have both Flatpak and Flatseal installed on my system.
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Nautilus GTK Themes / Nordic
I am new, I think I've tried everything possible but there is no way Nautilus, Settings should look like this (in my oppinion).
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GTK+ Themes not showing up
I downloaded some themes from gnome-look.org and I extracted and put them in /usr/share/themes folder and when I opened gnome-tweak-tool windows theme was working but GTK+ themes section was showing ...
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How to make your own GTK Theme?
I am looking to make my own GTK Theme, but I can't find any tutorials that seem to relate to what I want. They're all about installing one etc. But I want to design my own.
Thank you for your help
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Inconsistent dark theme for GTK apps on 23.04
I have encountered the following issue with using Flatpak apps on Ubuntu 23.04.
Basically, some (parts of) programs will pick up the dark mode I have selected in the settings, while others will not.
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How to run a script when Night Light is triggered
I'm not asking how to enable/disable Night Light light via cli. (gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.color night-light-enabled)
I'd like to run a script each time Night Light activates or ...
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Dark theme on nemo
New Linux user here. I have a dark theme on Ubuntu 22.04 but Nemo 5.24 it does not show up. Is there anyway to set a dark theme in Nemo? I saw an answer to a question similar to mine but it was made ...
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How to get rid of titlebar?
I tried this but it didn't work. I changed the file in: /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml and In my appearance gui window it says that I'm using Ambiance theme. How can I get ...
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How can I change the KDE Plasma lock screen theme?
I have customized nearly everything I wanted and I think it looks perfect except for the lock screen.
I looked everywhere in the settings and there is no option to download a theme or make changes to ...
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Conky manager v2.72 stuck on searching directories
A few days ago I joined Linux by installing UBUNTU to my HP laptop.
I used Some themes and used CONKY to get a date time widget to my desktop screen, but now conky isn't running. I visited its Git ...
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how to set icons and theme from terminal?
Is there a way to set active icon theme and GTK theme from a terminal?
I would like to write a script that installs and sets everything up the way i like it on a fresh install.
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QT Applications Not Adhering to GTK Theme After Upgrading to Ubuntu 23.10
Hello Ubuntu community,
I recently upgraded my system from Ubuntu 22.04 to 23.10 and encountered an issue with QT applications. Despite installing Kvantum and attempting to change the theme, these ...
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How to create MY OWN custom icons 18.04
I want to create an icon pack for Ubuntu 18.04. Icon Theme? Icon set? I don't know the official term used with Ubuntu
I have my own personal .ico icons that I created to modify Windows with a while ...
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How to make ubuntu black and white?
This might be a somewhat strange question.
I had an argument with a windows person and I told him that linux is so much more customization then he told me to prove it and I told him .....
Now I need ...
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How to tweak default Gnome to make it look like ubuntu Gnome
Ubuntu comes with Gnome with a modified theme + some extensions enabled by default. Where could I download this theme and what is the list of extensions and tweaks to apply on a default Gnome to make ...
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How to display weather properly with conky?
I have problem with a theme in conky and, more specifically, with a conky widget. The theme is called "alsafi" and it works properly, but the weather widget by default shows the weather of ...
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ubuntu 23.10 dark mode is not working
I installed ubuntu 23.10 yesterday. There is a bug here. Dark mode is not working. How can ı fix this bug?enter image description here
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Consistent Appearance Between Lock Screen and Log Out Screen in Xubuntu 22.04?
I installed Xubuntu 22.04 and applied a Gruvbox theme I downloaded from the internet.
Now, from the application menu, when I press "Lock Screen," a login screen comes up that matches my ...
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My Ubuntu 20.04 appearance settings are mostly grayed out
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 relatively smoothly. However, the dock is auto-hidden on the left side of the screen. When I go into the gnome control center settings and click Appearance I am ...
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How to install Arc Theme on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04
I tried installing the Arc Theme on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 using the following commands:
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04/ /' >> /etc/...
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How to set candy icon theme for every app icon in Ubuntu 22.04?
I installed Candy Icon theme on my Ubuntu 22.04 and after enabling it in gnome tweaks, some apps haven't changed their icons (e.g. Brave Web Browser, Spotify). It's confusing, because some third party ...
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ALT+TAB: selected app highlighting contrast nearly indistinguishable from background (dark-gray on black)
Back in the days of 20.04, we managed to get the Yaru designers to improve the contrast of the ALT+TAB task switcher's selected app just in time for the release.
22.04 is out now and it looks like ...
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How do I change my color theme for i3?
I recently switched from gnome to i3 and was wondering how to change my color theme. I want to set a custom bg and text color as well as font.
I have the
yaru-dark theme
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Change ALL icons in sytem tray
When I change the icon theme on my Kubuntu 22.04 it only applies to some of the system tray icons:
before (Breeze Icon Theme):
after (Kora Icon Theme):
As you can see it only changes the icons of ...
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How to set dark mode for Epiphany Browser (flatpak) in WSL2 (Ubuntu 23.10)?
I am running Ubuntu (Preview), which is Ubuntu 23.10, in Windows 11 WSL2. I installed Flatpak, and from there installed Gnome Web browser, aka Epiphany. I cannot figure out how to set the browser ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 dark theme from command line
I have upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 in WSL2 + WSLg.
After the upgrade everything has Light Theme.
How do I change to dark theme from command line in ubuntu 22.04 ?
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Why aren't my themes showing up in Ubuntu 20.04 Tweaks?
I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. I have not upgraded from a previous LTS version, it's a completely fresh install.
I downloaded dconf and all its extensions, and in Tweaks, my user theme ...
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Issue with custom theme resetting when switching between dark and light modes in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
I encountered a problem with applying a custom theme in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS while creating a custom ISO image. Initially, in 10_ubuntu-settings.gschema.override (which is located in usr/share/glib-2.0/...
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gtk.css - How to add blurry background effect?
How to add blurry glass effect into the themes? (CSS3 supports gaussian blur with blur(1px); on many browsers)
When I drop the opacity, I'm getting a result like this:
But I want a blur effect like ...
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How to change symbol from spaceship theme on .zshrc?
I can't change the symbol "right arrow" in the terminal with the theme spaceship. Below has an image from the terminal:
However my file .zshrc includes the lines for changing the symbol. ...
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Problems with using themes in Geany
I'm trying to switch to the Geany editor for my web development but need to switch to a dark theme. In searching for some default themes I came across this excellent collection.
I've now installed ...
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KDevelop color themes with Ubuntu 20.04
I would like to change the (color) theme in KDevelop to a dark theme as advertised on the KDevelop website. This setting is places in settings -> color theme where a list of color themes should be ...
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Theme not applied to Applications
I just applied Orchis Theme to my Ubuntu. I don't find Application drop-down in Tweaks -> Appearance instead there is Legacy Applications now.
But theme on Legacy Application is not working on ...
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Gnome 3 Round bottom corners of windows
Many folks have been asking to remove the top round corners on windows in gnome 3. I want to extend it to the bottom corners as well. Wondering if it is possible? There is a similar question asked ...
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How do you install icon themes and use them? (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)
I am a newbie to Ubuntu and I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my HP Stream 14 Laptop yesterday and I am trying to get the hang of it.
The certain theme I am trying to install is McMuse icon theme (...
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After updating to Ubuntu 23.10, some applications appear as a gear icon in the dock and have unthemed title bars
After upgrading from Ubuntu 23.04 to Ubuntu 23.10, some applications that I use (e.g., TeXworks and DiffPDF, both installed from the "universe" apt repository) show up in my Gnome dock as a ...
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Arc-Dark accessing notifaction panel in .css file
The Arc-Dark GNOME Shell theme has some bad configurations. Since I cannot ask about it in the comments (<50 reputation), I'm asking it here:
What is the name of the black text that is dimly shown ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 bold font in panel
I have been trying to get the top panel to show bold fonts (e.g., for the date/clock and battery percentage) without success. I tried font-weight: bold, font-weight: 500 for #panel, #panel *, etc. in ...
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How do I change login screen theme or background in Ubuntu 20.04?
How can I change the Ubuntu 20.04 login screen theme or background?
In the previous version 19.10, I can change it from the CSS file under Yaru theme but now there is no CSS file.
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Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita", error on executing the the python script with pygtk module
I recently added the the Macbuntu theme in my Ubuntu 16.04 from the site [Noobslab][1], In am learning GTK+ for Python too (PyGTK), earlier when I ran the test programs I made run quietly without ...
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How to hide the mouse cursor
I'm building a kiosk using Ubuntu Precise on a touch screen. Now I'm looking for the appropriate way to make the mouse cursor disappear. As people know where they are pointing, displaying an arrow ...
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Changing GTK Theme From Within GTK Application
I have an application written in GTK and I was just playing around with theme changes via GTK Inspector. I even explored other themes available from GitHub. Is it possible to give an end user of my ...
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Gnome shell missing when launching Gnome Tweak Tool
I have just upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS running GNOME. The upgrade went smoothly.
My problem is that I cannot tweak the themes with gnome-tweak-tool. When I load gnome-tweak-...
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System menu hover state fix in Nordic theme
Here is what my system menu when an item is hovered upon looks like. I need help with how to fix the hover state color to make the text visible when it is hovered on.
System menu of Pop!_OS using ...
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Change GNOME Activities Overview Highlight Color
The GNOME activities overview allows you to select items, all the while using a gray background, and a dark gray highlight to indicate the item selected (see picture below Utilities). There is almost ...
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How to determine which theme is currently enabled
I am not sure about the command, but I would like to know how to determine which theme is currently enabled on Ubuntu 14.04.
I am hoping for a command line solution.
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