Questions tagged [appearance]
Questions that relate to the appearance of Ubuntu. If the question relates to a comprehensive changing of appearance please use the themes tag.
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How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow?
How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow with my own set of images?
With the images coming from a pictures folder, or pre-selected
With the images displayed in order, or randomly
With the ...
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How do I change the "Selected Items" color?
I was trying to change the selected items color from the default orange to something else, however, the option isn't there, as it used to be in the Appearance properties in previous versions of ubuntu....
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How to install themes with GNOME tweak tool?
I have been using the default Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity for some time now and decided to start customizing it.
I have already been able to make some changes with the gnome-tweak-tool. However, there ...
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How do I restore the original color scheme, icons, and theme?
I'd like the original colour scheme, icon style of 12.04.
I somehow lost the Ambiance theme (possible error or upgrade error).
I re-installed 'light-themes' from the terminal and got it back.
But ...
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How do I disable Compiz in the Ubuntu Classic session?
I would like to disable Compiz in Natty (Ubuntu Classic). I have tried to access this through System > Preferences > Appearance but the "Visual Effects" tab is no longer there.
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How do I get and install more themes, icons, and pointers?
I've downloaded some nice themes, icon packages, and pointers from sites like gnome-look. Now what do I do? Where else can I get these kinds of things?
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Where can I get themes and eye-candy for my desktop?
Apart from those themes in the repository and Gnome-look.org, are there other places to get themes for my Ubuntu Desktop?
Also, are there any 3rd party repositories of themes and other eye-candy?
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Why does my Xubuntu LibreOffice look ugly?
My LibreOffice installation looks like Windows 95. The rest of my Xubuntu looks okay. Why? How can I fix it?
Click on the image for a full-resolution picture.
On the screenshot Leafpad and ...
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How do I configure background transparency for KDE's terminal?
I got installed kde-plasma desktop but I didn't figured out how to set transparency for kde terminal . I know about gnome terminal that , it will be at preference but I didn't get it here in kde for ...
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A lot of `gtk-warnings` in terminal. Is this serious?
I had a lot of problems with my system and had to reinstall it. One of them was these very messages. After reinstalling the system and using the same icons, I get the warnings again and am wary of ...
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How to change desktop icon text background color?
How do I change the background color of desktop text in 11.10. I used gnome color chooser in version 10.04, but it's not working in Ubuntu 11.10. Is there any way to solve this?
Also, by default ...
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Appearance, Online accounts disappeared in System Settings in Ubuntu 13.10
I was installing some apps and icons then I noticed that there were about 4 games installed, so I went to the Software Centre to remove them. Then I wanted to add my Facebook account to Online ...
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How can I read Skype's menus on a dark theme?
If you use skype with the default 10.04 theme you can't read any menu because the font and background colours are too similar.
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How can I edit GTK+3 themes (preferably with a GUI)?
(similar problem to one in a question I had before, but I need multiple solutions, and I felt they were better organized as separate questions)
Upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 did away with my themes, ...
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Use video file as a screensaver?
I want to make my video to be a screensaver.
Is there any software to make it?
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dark mode does not set prefers-color-scheme to dark
screenshot of my settings, showing UI is dark-mode, and dark-mode is chosen:
Here is a simple code snippet showing that dark mode is not set in the browser. This example is from Chrome, but dark mode ...
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Appearance icon has disappeared from system settings menu
I go to system settings and appearance is gone. I tried searching it in the dash and it is not there. When I right click the desktop and select "Change background" the system settings window opens. I ...
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Will Unity allow users to change the color/appearance of the top-Panel?
I'm very excited by the functional design principles and keyboard shortcuts that are being implemented for Unity. And function of use is more important to me than looks. However, after experiencing ...
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How do I turn off font pixel antialiasing only in Terminal?
For programming, I like to turn off font antialiasing (i.e. select the Monochrome option) because it makes the terminal text look a lot sharper at smaller font sizes. But then everything in the web ...
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How can I add a theme to the Appearance settings tab in 11.10
Eventually, I'd like to create a proper 11.10 theme and perhaps distribute a package via ppa. To start, I thought I'd copy one of the "official" themes on my local system and start modifying it.
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Font size changes after running xrandr --off
I have a laptop with an external monitor and switch between both screens using xrandr --auto and xrandr --off. Sometimes when I change the screen the font size in programs is suddenly weirdly big. ...
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How do I make my Ubuntu Desktop have a dock at the bottom and system utilization widgets on the side?
I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04. And I saw this image online somewhere:
I like how icons are sitting at the bottom rather than on the side. And there is some text appearing at the side along with ...
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12.04 wholly dark Ambiance theme?
I got my first partition of Ubuntu recently, and wanted to match it to a 10 or 11 interface I was using on another computer. It looked like this:
Themes in 12.04 seem to be rather tricky though. I've ...
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How can I change the appearance of KDE applications?
I use Gnome. I want to change the appearance of KDE applications such as Amarok.
The colors in Amarok don't match the rest of my applications. How can I customize them?
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Conky Guides (links)
I want to take a stab at creating my own layouts for conky, but I'm having trouble finding any recent guides.
If you know of any, I would be grateful if you could post some links.
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How can I make the window buttons in the panel match the window buttons in the window decorations?
When the Ambiance GTK theme is selected in Applications ▸ Appearance ▸ Customize ▸ Controls, the window buttons in the panel match the window buttons of the Ambiance Metacity theme's window ...
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Monochrome Pidgin tray icons
Can anyone point me towards monochrome Pidgin tray icons, and tell me how to install them?
(I know I should be using the Messaging Menu indicator applet or whatever it's called, but at the moment I ...
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How can I install different icons? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get and install more themes, icons, and pointers?
I often find myself seeing new icons but I am unable to install them.
How do you install icons on Ubuntu? Can ...
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Installed the Arc Theme, it doesn't look right
I just installed the Arc Theme, however it doesn't look right. As you can see here, mine looks completely different and looks like it's missing textures and other things:
Whereas the normal theme ...
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How to tell which image file is being used as Wallpaper in Wallch
I've just installed Wallch, and it's working wonderfully. I have set the program to cycle a huge number of images all within a folder on my computer. There are so many images that I've forgotten ...
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How do I dim inactive windows
Back in the Unity days, there was a Compiz setting where you could force inactive windows to dim. I frequently work with two monitors and multiple windows open and it regularly happens that I start ...
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Increase the highlighted button bezel thickness (GNOME)
Is there any way to increase the visibility (e.g. thickness, contrast or colour) of bezel that surrounds the highlighted (aka selected) button in gnome window?
TBH sometimes it is barely visible in ...
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How to change the Unity Launcher's icon theme?
Does anyone know how to change Unity icon-theme? For instance I use Faenza in my desktop session, but unity does not use it, both in panel and panel apps (applications and documents). So, anyone?
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How do I set a theme in Oneiric? [closed]
I'm using Oneiric, and have some default theme set. I understand Unity is using Gtk3, and that the usual Ubuntu themes haven't been ported.
How do I set the theme in Oneiric?
Where is/will the new ...
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Ubuntu dock icons show as black and white, it doesn't look right
My Ubuntu Looks Like This:
Why are the icons showing up as black and white?
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How to improve GUI and font appearance of programs installed under CrossOver?
This can be done in Wine but can it be done in CrossOver?
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How to fix the look of KDE apps in LXDE?
I am using LXDE in Ubuntu 11.10. KDE apps like Kate and Kile have an ugly Windows-95ish look when run in LXDE, but look fine in Gnome. How do I choose the theme/widget style for KDE apps in LXDE?
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Font rendering in Firefox is blurry
A picture is worth a thousand words... so does anyone know how to fix this font blurriness in Firefox?
(You'll need to right-click the picture below go to View Image to view it full-size; it's too ...
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Where is the gnome option to display icons in menus?
I used to go to "System >> Preferences >> Appearance >> Interface", but I can't find that tab on Lucid or Maverick.
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Will there be an Appearance app in 11.10, or another standard way to change themes?
I've been testing out 11.10 and so far the only way I can change the theme is by installing Gnome Tweak Tool. Will there be a standard (i.e. installed by default) way to change themes and other ...
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Google desktop logo looks bad
The Google Desktop icon in the system tray in Unity looks ugly:
Any way around this?
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Change color of Ubuntu MATE 15.10
As it seems the color green is default color of Ubuntu MATE. Highlighted text is in green, bars are in green, etc... How do I change it to something other?
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Xubuntu 16.04 window headings ugly
I just installed Xubuntu 16.04 and tried implementing some different themes from gnome-look. Alas, there seems to be something fishy going on with the window heads (or whatever you call the topmost ...
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Upgraded to 11.04 and now most of the UI is gray and boxy
I just upgraded to 11.04, and now most UI elements are gray and crappy looking (see screenshot).
When I first log in, the panel looks black (as Ambiance theme is supposed to look), but then after a ...
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Is there a terminal/command-line interface to the 'Appearance Preferences' dialog?
Hopefully the title sums it up, but I'm looking for a way of being able to switch the Appearance Preferences' Visual Effects option to 'None', from a terminal/script (and optionally later to be able ...
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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 the ...
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How to change highlight color of windows on taskbar in KDE Plasma 5?
Currently windows on panel's taskbar panel highlighted by blue by default, how could I change that color without changing the entire theme (can't find).
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"Appearance" icon has vanished from "System Settings" [duplicate]
I have been using gnome-shell for a few months. I was able to configure it using "tweak tool" and "background".
Now I've just migrated to Unity, but "Change Desktop Background" (comes from right-click ...
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