I am trying to change my GTK theme via gnome tweaks buy that is no actual option to change the Theme via the appearance tab. I believe it is now listed under “legacy” and while the command line lists that my GTK theme is indeed changed to Material Black (the one I downloaded) the system windows still look like the default system settings. What is going on here

  • malfisya@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Since Gnome 40, you cannot change window theme via gnome-tweaks. You have to mess around with gtk.css file and manually edit it. I am sure there is easier way but I never looked into it.

      • malfisya@piefed.socialEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        Other than gnome, I don’t think there is any DE that restrict theming. You can go with Plasma, if you want to use GTK theme then there is Budgie, Cinnamon and Xfce.

        Fun fact: Budgie on Solus used to be default using Plata-Noir which is material design inspired theme with pure black color scheme. It is not anymore becase the theme got unmaintained.

  • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
    3·
    2 days ago

    GTK2/3 Normal apps are the legacy theme, Flatpaks in GTK3 need their own thing, and Flatpaks in GTK4 need an override. Then for GTK4 system apps you need to override the system theme. adw-override can do it i think but ive never done it before so do some research first if u try it.

  • VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 days ago

    Have you installed the gnome-themes gnome extensions ? Once installed you can change the theme. Notice that shell theme and app themes are not the same thing. Also, notice that you need to take a gtk theme that supports gtk3 and gtk4 if you are using recent gnome

  • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    There is one for Flathub apps that needs to be installed on Flathub, one for old GTK apps, and one for newer GTK apps I think