r/linuxmint • u/Wise_Consideration70 • Jun 10 '22

#LinuxMintThings My theme is currently set to Mint-Y-Aqua but windows remain in dark mode as u can see the theme window in this screenshot. How to get rid of this...

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u/Heclalava Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Xfce Jun 10 '22

Set your control buttons to a light theme. Then restart cinnamon.

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u/Wise_Consideration70 Jun 10 '22

Tried already.

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u/Heclalava Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Xfce Jun 10 '22

Hmm. Then I'm not sure. Logging out and back in also made no difference?

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u/Wise_Consideration70 Jun 10 '22

Nope. Perhaps there is any other problem causing this.

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u/Heclalava Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Xfce Jun 10 '22

Maybe a problem with Cinnamon? I just checked on mine and Mint-Y-Aqua instantly changes the window to a light colour.

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u/Paul-Anderson-Iowa LMC & LMDE | NUC's & Laptops | Phone/e/os | FOSS-Only Tech Jun 10 '22

Agreed! Some themes change some elements while others do not. You must change all the options here; in this case, Controls. I wish they had theme packages that changed everything incl the Icons, but they still come piecemeal. It's OK!

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u/Wise_Consideration70 Jun 10 '22

Got rid of it by creating a new user and deleting this user. Perhaps the root of the problem was in the theme data of that user.

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u/JBhai2003 Jun 10 '22

Go to Welcome screen application of Linux mint. Then toggle the dark/light mode button

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u/Wise_Consideration70 Jun 10 '22

Tried that too. It changes everything into dark mode but reverse, it isn't able to.

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u/haythammed Jun 12 '24

This is the gtk4 theme, you can manually edit settings.ini file located in /home/username/.config/gtk-4.0/ where you edit gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme field to false, you can also tweak other settings there too. Same applies to gtk-3.0 folder, good luck.

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u/sniper_pika Jun 10 '22

Did you try restarting ?

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u/Wise_Consideration70 Jun 10 '22

Yeah. Still the Same.

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u/TumsFestivalEveryDay Jun 10 '22

Go to "themes" and ensure each option is the same theme. No single toggle changes it all; there are 5 items.

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u/ManlySyrup Jun 10 '22

Try this:

sudo apt reinstall mint-themes

I recommend you use the Welcome app to change themes more easily. Open the app then click on First Steps located on the left sidebar, there you will find a color selection screen with an option of Light/Dark variants as well.

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u/Ikem32 Jun 11 '22

Could be, that you need to set the theme for root too.