Dark libreoffice theme1/31/2024 ![]() GTK themes are located in /usr/share/themes and /usr/share/icons for all users, and in ~/.themes and ~/.icons for a specific user. Step 1: Give Flatpak apps access to GTK themes and icons location Please note that this method requires that you are familiar with the Linux command line, and you can find your way around the terminal. Recommended Read: Best GTK Themes for Ubuntu and Other Linux Distro You can, however, change it for all Flatpak apps in one single command. Don’t expect it to automatically change the themes of Flatpak apps when you change the system theme. Applying GTK Themes and Icons to Flatpak applications (Command-Line Method)īefore we proceed, let’s understand why Flatpak apps have this behavior.įlatpak apps run inside a ‘container’, so they don’t have access to the host filesystem, network, or physical devices without explicitly setting the appropriate permission, and that is what we are going to do.Īs I said earlier, this is a workaround, not a flawless solution. Apply GTK theme and icons through GUI with Flatsealġ.Apply GTK theme and icons to Flatpak through command-line.In this tutorial, I will introduce you to a couple of ways to make Flatpak apps aware of external GTK themes and icons. If you have found a beautiful GTK theme, your Flatpak applications will still use their default appearance. However, only a few GTK themes can be installed for the job. The official way to apply GTK themes to Flatpak apps is by installing the desired theme as a Flatpak. Flatpak app does not match the system theme This makes the applications look out of place in your otherwise beautiful setup. Sudo flatpak install flathub of the reasons why some users avoid installing Flatpak apps is that most Flatpak apps don’t change their appearance as per the current system theme. If or once Flatpak is installed, I installed LibreOffice: If it is not, set it up: Official Flathub Solus setup page. Not sure either? Check with the following command that will tell you whether it is or not: Can't recall if Flatpak is installed by default on Solus. Then installed a copy of LibreOffice with Flatpak. So, following up from the Libre snap install, let's remove it first: Also, the whole program would freeze for a few seconds occasionally. *** Update: Even though a Snap install for LibreOffice works, there are these strange 'orb' like artifacts as I will call them for now, in the place where check boxes would normally appear to select certain options. Text boxes remain readable in both light and dark mode. This installs a clean copy of LibreOffice, meaning one that has not been themed for Solus specifically. After, I installed a copy of LibreOffice by snap. To circumvent the 'unreadable text boxes' in light mode, I have simply uninstalled/removed all LibreOffice related packages found in the Software Center. LibreOffice Light mode text boxes black, fonts black - persists among all LibreOffice themes. LibreOffice Dark mode text boxes black, fonts white - readable. Another area in Calc with that issue is the sheet tabs. So when I switch to light mode I get the theming issue of not being able to read the black fonts in the black text boxes like mentioned and shown previously. ![]() ![]() I personally like the LibreOffice suite to run in 'Light' mode. Among other themes, the icons pop with colour and are 'properly' displayed again. I switched the Icon Theme to 'Elementary'. Upon first time running LibreOffice Calc I ran into the 'problem' of the seemingly greyed out icons which really is a theming issue. (I am not technical enough to know whether the issue(s) should be addressed to LibreOffice or Solus).īudgie Desktop Settings at time of issue: Perhaps the dev team can fix the issue, especially the second point. Just a few more details for those interested. ![]()
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