[GNC] dark theme on Linux

[Michael]

Never mind, found the solution, the problem was my OS was messed up, 
re-installed it and now the dark theme is working. Thanks for all who 
tried to help me on this.

Michael

> Sorry, I'm new to this and already replied 3 times but no answer, not
> sure what I'm doing wrong.
>
> David:
>
> Thanks so much for your prompt reply, According to this site
> https://www.mail-archive.com/gnucash-user@gnucash.org/msg07079.html, you
> need enter the following entries into a settings.ini, please see the
> detail below (it's my first post here, not sure what'll be displayed or
> not, so to be safe, I've added the important part below
>
> I have come across the following combination of settings to enable a
> default
> dark theme on linux. Creating a file settings.ini in $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0
> with this contents
> [Settings]
> gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=true
> gtk-theme-name=Adwaita
>
> I already have a settings.ini file under gtk-3.0, so I just appended
> above entry, and nothing changed.
>
> I did as you suggested, this is the steps I took:
>
> Edit > Preferences > Register > Graphics > unchecked Use GnuCash
> built-in color theme. Restart GNC. Again, nothing changed. I did not
> logout, since my dark theme is already on. What am I missing? I had an
> old pc also with Linux, on that one, the GNC dark theme is working, but
> I'm not sure because I installed/removed so many apps (fairly new to
> Linux), I dont't recall what I did to make it work.
>
> Michael
>
>> On 6/24/21 3:38 AM, David Cousens wrote:
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>> Under the Edit->Preferences dialog there is an option to use the GnuCash built
>>> in colour scheme. Turning this off allows the dark Theme from the system to be
>>> used in the register display. I am running Linux Mint using Adwaita-dark for the
>>> buttons and the Linux Mint-Y-dark for the Windows borders and Mint-Y-Dark-Teal
>>> for Icons in the System theme settings. These seem to be picked up by GnuCash
>>> without any difficulty. I have made no changes to the defauklt gtk-3.0.css
>>> filein .config/gnucash or the stylesheets in.local/share/gnucash. The window
>>> appearance with the default GnuCash colours is as per the attached screenshot of
>>> a screen fragment. With the Gnucash colors on, the appearance is the same apart
>>> from the background colors for the register entries but the windows borders
>>> icons and buttons remain unchanged. The link you posted did not link to anything
>>> so I am not sure what you have done
>>>
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2021-06-24 at 11:20 +0200, Michael via gnucash-user wrote:
>>>> I have the following configuration: MX Linux 19.4 AHS, GnuCash 4.5, I
>>>> have Adwaita-dark theme enabled by default in MX, when I start GNC, the
>>>> buttons/menu has no dark theme enabled, tried the solution suggested in
>>>> this post <cid:part1.CD5676F6.DD59D71C at yahoo.com>, still doesn't work,
>>>> how can I enable dark theme in GNC? Please see the attached screenshot.
>>>>
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> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 13:32:00 -0400
> From: James Bicknell <fbicknel at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: [GNC] Help: How to set the default report stylesheet
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> I've been wondering how to do this for some time, now:
>
> When I print a report, I much prefer the CSS Stylesheet (experimental)
> option for all the reports I use.
>
> I can't seem to find any way to make that the default so I don't have to
> change every report I run.
>
> Exception: saved reports have that set before I save them, so I don't have
> to "fix" them.
>
> Example: Pull up an invoice -> print invoice -> scowl in disgust at the
> format -> options -> General -> Stylesheet -> select CSS-based stylesheet
> (experimental) -> Apply/OK -> much better.
>
> Any way to eliminate all that select-trauma?
>
> [image: image.png]
> Just in case the image above doesn't work:
>
> GnuCash
> Version: 4.2
> Build ID: 4.2+(2020-09-26)
> Finance::Quote: -
>
> OS:
> NAME="Ubuntu"
> VERSION="20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
> ID=ubuntu
> ID_LIKE=debian
> Frank Bicknell
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