All Questions
29
questions
0
votes
0
answers
101
views
Set GSettings setting only for a specific application
A certain application needed a font change to be easier to read.
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name "Cantarell 25"
The application itself doesn't have a settings ...
- 1
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
How do I set (firefox) gtk theme at runtime under wayland?
With firefox under wayland (Hyprland), if I set gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme={0,1} in ~/.config/gtk3.0/settings.ini and then launch firefox it correctly determines the system theme.
How do I set ...
- 121
1
vote
0
answers
471
views
Update all GTK and Qt applications' themes on the fly
I use a tool called oomox to generate GTK themes. After I generate the new theme, I would like to run a command that makes all currently open GTK applications use said new theme. I'm pretty sure ...
- 111
1
vote
0
answers
2k
views
How to Change GTK Themes in Ubuntu
It has never been a problem to me before, but now, within Ubuntu 18.04, it is not working for me any more.
Basically, I'm following,
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-change-ubuntu-theme/
sudo ...
- 8,851
1
vote
0
answers
131
views
What file stores the theme that XFCE uses on boot?
I'm working on a custom live boot of Debian with XFCE and I want to boot to a specific theme by default. I have the theme loaded onto the ISO so it's available when it boots, but it still boots to the ...
- 11
0
votes
1
answer
3k
views
Set GTK theme by launch a program by $GTK_THEME env
There are https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GTK+ talk about that I can set GTK Theme manually for individual launched program so:
$ GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark gnome-calculator
It's work. But how ...
- 247
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
How do I make the focus rectangle in Gtk3 more prominent?
I use the keyboard almost all the time to navigate; it often happens that I forget to turn my battery powered mouse on and I only notice after 15 or 30 minutes :) But with Gnome/Gtk 3 it got harder, ...
2
votes
1
answer
895
views
How is my selected theme communicated to gtk?
Related to Where is Gtk+ default theme saved
I'm using Mate desktop. I see that my Appearance settings are saved in gsettings:
$ gsettings get org.mate.interface gtk-theme
'TraditionalOk'
$ ...
- 21
1
vote
0
answers
288
views
xfce Window Border Mouse Hover Transparency
I've recently started using Linux and I'm enjoying customizing the DE to how I like it. One thing I'd love to be able to do is have the window border of applications (where the program title and close ...
- 11
5
votes
0
answers
1k
views
Draw a border around the active window in Gnome Shell
I am using the shellshape extension for tiling in the gnome shell, and the paper gtk theme by Sam Hewitt. I want to modify one small thing in the theme, that's I would like to draw a thin border ...
- 521
2
votes
3
answers
4k
views
CDE-Solaris GTK3 Theme
I've tested and tried many GTK+ Themes, but found the one that ease on the eyes the most is still the oldest CDE-Solaris Theme:
I believe this color combination has been carefully engineered exactly ...
- 8,851
0
votes
1
answer
68
views
Find out which tool is using GTK2
Almost all X-tools are GTK+ or QT based. Is there any simple way to find out, which X-tools I've installed in my system are still using GTK2, i.e., it is relying on GTK2 themes?
I'm using Ubuntu ...
- 8,851
3
votes
1
answer
13k
views
Where is Gtk+ default theme saved
I've created several customized Gtk+ themes, more or less following this. They are all created under ~/.themes/ folder, and they are all working fine.
However, my question is, how come the system ...
- 8,851
0
votes
1
answer
420
views
How to persist selection of GTK_THEME in running applications in Xfce?
I'm running Xfce on Debian. The menu labels in many windows look crowded and some dialogue controls are missing. The work-around I have found (I cannot remember how) is to prefix a application's ...
- 101
2
votes
3
answers
4k
views
How can I make Fedora 20 use the dark theme for all applications?
If it's somehow possible to force all programs to use the dark adwaita theme, I wish to do that. For now it only seems as if the apps that shipped with Fedora is able to be fully dark, while ...
- 193