Hi. On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:38:30PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets > on a grey21 background. How am I meant to know what's going to happen > when I press Return on each of these dialogue boxes, 13?
Enjoy your stock GTK+3 theme. Just joking, of course. > We used to see things more like attachment 4 only a few years ago. > How can I get back something like that? >From the upstream POV - you should not. They like things looking that way (i.e. non-contrast tablet style with HUEG fonts and widgets), they discourage users from writing their own GTK+3 themes (which *can* change the appearance of the dialog window in question). If you're willing to risk funny-looking GTK+3 applications - I have a solution for this particular case: # apt install numix-gtk-theme $ GTK_THEME=Numix gnumeric Setting this theme systemwide is left as an exercise for the readers. Reco
