gtk themes not applied properly | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 4:57 AM

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not sure if this is meant to be here but anyways

i have a gtk theme (rose-pine-moon-gtk) that i set using gsettings, along with prefer-dark set

for some reason, some apps have the right theme (see right) but others have light mode still (left side). some also have a mix: the top title bar follows the theme, but the main content is in light mode. anyone have any ideas why?

fierce ridge Aug 12, 2025, 6:19 AM

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how are you applying the theme

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 5:28 PM

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fierce ridge how are you applying the theme

exec = gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "rose-pine-moon-gtk"
exec = gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme "prefer-dark"
i have these two lines in my hyprland conf

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i tried running overskride (left) with GTK_THEME="rose-pine-moon-gtk" set, but now the background is transparent for some reason

fierce ridge Aug 12, 2025, 5:41 PM

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what application is on the left?

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 5:43 PM

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fierce ridge what application is on the left?

overskride

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its a bluetooth thing

fierce ridge Aug 12, 2025, 5:44 PM

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is that a flatpak?

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 5:45 PM

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no its from aur

fierce ridge Aug 12, 2025, 5:46 PM

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okay```
pacman -Qsq gtk4

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 5:46 PM

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fierce ridge okay``` pacman -Qsq gtk4 ```

gtk4
libportal-gtk4
got this

fierce ridge Aug 12, 2025, 5:47 PM

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wait

pacman -Qsq adwaita

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 5:48 PM

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fierce ridge wait ``` pacman -Qsq adwaita ```

adwaita-cursors
adwaita-fonts
adwaita-icon-theme
adwaita-icon-theme-legacy
libadwaita

fierce ridge Aug 12, 2025, 5:48 PM

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okay all is in order

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unset GTK_THEME and run overskride, show me the screenshot

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you can do that with ```
unset GTK_THEME
overskride

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 5:50 PM

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fierce ridge you can do that with ``` unset GTK_THEME overskride ```

ok it works now

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if i run from command line it has the theme

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but not when i use my application launcher

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interesting

fierce ridge Aug 12, 2025, 5:51 PM

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unset GTK_THEME globally

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 5:53 PM

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fierce ridge unset GTK_THEME globally

its not set tho

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if i open a new terminal and echo GTK_THEME its already empty

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ok i think i got it

fierce ridge Aug 12, 2025, 5:56 PM

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hm... maybe check the .desktop file of overskride

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 5:56 PM

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well for overskride

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for some reason i set the gtk theme in my rofi launch script

fierce ridge Aug 12, 2025, 5:57 PM

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yay, you found it 😄

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 5:58 PM

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hmm some other gtk doesnt work

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but i think thats with gtk 3

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lmao gnome disk utility works when i set GTK_THEME and doesnt work when i dont

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isnt that terrific

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 7:27 PM

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idk what i managed to do but something is broken again

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when i open stuff it defaults to the default dark mode (adwaita probably)

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i can get it to use the correct theme if i go into inspector and manually change it

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but i also have to diasble dark mode

lament raft Aug 12, 2025, 8:12 PM

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nvm i fixed it lmao

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