Gtk theme in garuda_hyprland

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Problem:

I encountered difficulties applying the LAVA-cyan GTK theme to my Garuda Hyprland system. Despite attempts to modify GTK configuration files , the desired theme changes were not reflected in GTK applications.

Steps Taken:

  • Installed the LAVA-cyan theme into the ~/.themes directory.

  • Utilized lxappearance to select the LAVA-cyan theme, resulting in theme changes within lxappearance itself but not in other GTK applications.

  • Manually edited .gtkrc and configs in ~/.config

  • Desperately edited GTK configuration files in /usr/share/, and /root/.config/.

  • Modified the apply-settings script to prevent theme reloads on reboot.

So i need help in applying a gtk theme to my overall system

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Random advice on the web?
Undo these changes and don’t touch those, unless you know what you are doing.

Gnome does not like users to change their theming. If a user wants to disobey them, they need to work and make some effort reading and testing.

A usual workaround is per application changing the gtk theme, adding the theme variable to the Exec command of the application’s .desktop file.
Example:

Exec=env GTK_THEME=NotAdwaita myFavoriteGTKApplication

Read more at Archwiki linked article.

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I’m guessing you mean this script, is that right? usr/local/bin/apply-gsettings · main · Garuda Linux 🦅 / Themes and Settings / Settings / Garuda Hyprland Settings · GitLab

I’m honestly not sure why the script has hard-coded values in it like that; I think it is supposed to be just variables, and it pulls from whatever you have set in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini like this:

#!/bin/sh

# usage: import-gsettings
config="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/gtk-3.0/settings.ini"
if [ ! -f "$config" ]; then exit 1; fi

gnome_schema="org.gnome.desktop.interface"
gtk_theme="$(grep 'gtk-theme-name' "$config" | sed 's/.*\s*=\s*//')"
icon_theme="$(grep 'gtk-icon-theme-name' "$config" | sed 's/.*\s*=\s*//')"
cursor_theme="$(grep 'gtk-cursor-theme-name' "$config" | sed 's/.*\s*=\s*//')"
font_name="$(grep 'gtk-font-name' "$config" | sed 's/.*\s*=\s*//')"
gsettings set "$gnome_schema" gtk-theme "$gtk_theme"
gsettings set "$gnome_schema" icon-theme "$icon_theme"
gsettings set "$gnome_schema" cursor-theme "$cursor_theme"
gsettings set "$gnome_schema" font-name "$font_name"

See also this wiki note here (from Sway, but still relevant because GTK wackiness affects Hyprland in a similar way):

If you want to set the theme globally, an easy way to do that is to set GTK_THEME directly in your Hyprland config as described here: Environment variables – Hyprland Wiki. If the theme is called " LAVA-Cyan" you would set it in your config like this:

env = GTK_THEME,LAVA-Cyan

You may need to log out/log back in after that one, I’m not sure.

I hope that helps, welcome to the community @Lazydev0. :wave:

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you will need to check of kvantum manager too ,
apply it from there too , some apps might be using kvantum :eyes:

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Could be that it’s necessary within the GUM cosmos @Ankur

I wouldn’t include it in an official Garuda version, let the experienced users decide for themselves, please. :slight_smile:

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Thanks this helped

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I thought something was overwriting the user configs so i went there on a whim

Setting

env= GTK_THEME,LAVA-Cyan

worked

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No, gum is not related to it ,
it is how it was by default :eyes:

Okay , I don’t have anything to say , it is your decision

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Yes, so it is inside, community :grin::blush:

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