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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 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. Any idea where it could be in the beta?
boywithaxe
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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 the panel on the top that shows the options of…
katya sehgal
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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 does not work in Firefox either. VS Code also…
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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 the time in a nice font. I apologize if this is a…
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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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Can't set my background

This is mystifying me. I have tried all other solutions that I could find and none seem to work. The 'appearance' menu has disappeared from settings. I'm using gnome-classic. Here's what I've tried so far: 1) Right click -> Change desktop background…
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Visually recognise active window

Ubuntu 13.04 I work with two monitors, usually with lots of different windows open. I don't like to use the mouse, so swap between applications using alt-tab usually. The problem comes when I want to type something into an application. I need the…
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What is the name of the top bar?

I often have to write bug reports where I have to talk about something in connection with the top bar in Ubuntu, but this is rather difficult, because I simply do not know what to call it... So really that is my question, what is the top bar in…
user364819
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Ubuntu 17.10 login screen wallpaper

I like the wallpaper of Ubuntu 17.10 login screen and I would like to set it as my main wallpaper, too. Can you tell me where it is located in my files? Thanks in advance.
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How do I use the 15.10 menu in Ubuntu Studio in 16.04?

I have one PC with Ubuntu Studio upgraded from 15.10 to 16.04 and another one with Ubuntu Studio 16.04 from the scratch. My foolish question is about the main menu appearance. Into the upgraded system, I still have the old 15.10 menu style, which is…
Juan
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Strange see-through pane on top of everything

I have just suddenly noticed that there is a strange see-through pane that goes on top of everything, there is not way to move it, close it, or move anything in front of it, it looks like this: So, what is it, and how do I get rid of it as it is…
user364819
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Is it possible to make Ubuntu look like the login screen?

I'm particularily fond of the way the login screen looks (with the glassy appearance on the login window & the top bar) - and was wondering if it's possible to change the appearance to match it?
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How to change accent colour in Ubuntu 22 via terminal

Ubuntu 22 added a new feature to Settings that allows the "accent colour" (orange by default) to be changed. I'm wondering where this setting is stored and how I might be able to set it via the terminal.
Nicholas Weston
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How do I change the appearance of the right click menu? Ubuntu 20.04.03

After installing dconf editor I started to tinker in "dash-to-dock" to change the dock position within the dconf editor. I noticed the change in the appearance of right click menu. Earlier it was a black menu with much less spacing between the menu…
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Automatically resize windows when new windows are opened

I want my desktop to automatically resize all the windows I have open. So If I have one window open and open a second then the windows will be shown side by side and if a third one is opened then it will divide them so 1 window is on the left half,…
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