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Description: Adwaita Dark Green is based on Adwaita but with a darker colour set (inspired by Mediterranean Night Dark*) and dark menu bars.
I find Adwaita too bright, and the Mediterranean series didn't keep up with GTK3's progress, so I made my own version. I used Adwaita as a base as it made integrating changes to GTK's internal changes easier.
Originally built for GTK 3.16 and actively maintained for GTK 3.24+ and GTK4.4+ (including libadwaita).
Screenshot features icons from the Tango Project (https://web.archive.org/web/20051203012835/http://tango-project.org/Tango_Icon_Gallery)
Copy/pasta error from where?
It has been called "Adwaita Dark Green" since v1.0. The folder is called "Adwaita-Dark-Green". The theme is darker than Adwaita and uses a dark-ish green colour. It is Adwaita Dark Green.
Sorry, only just seen this (Gnome Look is dreadful for notifications!).
No, I'm not planning a Gnome Shell theme, because the shell is so minimal and the black isn't hard on the eyes, so I don't feel a need to change it.
Thanks.
You actually commented about the gnome shell two years ago lower in the page.
May I ask what is the .hg folder in the archive?
It's 6.5MB big.
I also see .sass-cache folders under gtk-3.18 and gtk-3.20.
Are they necessary?
Thanks!
Ah, so I did! I thought it was a later comment that I hadn't replied to.
Those extra folders are just build artefacts that I forgot about. I've removed them now and re-uploaded the zip. Thanks for pointing it out. I had assumed the larger file size was just because I had added new versions of GTK!
It's the Tango icon theme (plus a load of extra Tango-esque icons that I've collected over the years, but the screenshots just show Tango elements). The Tango project made excellent project that made icons that looked clean, crisp, well designed, and had a good colour palette. And the different apps looked distinctive and followed Human Interface Guideline (HIG) rules.
But no, I've got no plans to make a Gnome Shell theme. All I'd change is the highlight colour, and it's not worth the effort to keep it maintained.
9One of the best light themes for me because of the slightly darker grays which are easier on the eyes. I was a great fan of Mediterranean themes. Thanks for keeping the spirit alive!
very nice work.... I'm not a fan of the shade of green you've used but the overall colour design is exellent!
Much easier on the eyes and easier to identify elements on windows, toolbars and menus
I'm glad you generally like it, even if you don't like the green. I think I based it on an old version of openSUSE that I started using - somewhere around 11.3, when they were using their own Gnome theme.
If you want to change the green then all you need to do is install the Ruby SASS modules, edit line 24 of gtk.scss (https://dev.ibboard.co.uk/repos/other/Adwaita-Dark-Green/file/e6f584bf0745/gtk-3.20/gtk.scss#l24) and run the "parse-sass.sh" script and the whole thing will recompile with your new colour
Great work, great theme!
But you have to bring some corrections to gtk.css file (in my case I had to do the corrections to gtk.css under gtk-3.20, but you'll probably have to do the same work under gtk-3.0 and gtk-3.18...).
Journal log is complaining about gtk.css deprecated options length with linear-gradient, you can't set just one color anymore, but have to set two (i.e. gtk.css:217:56: Using one color stop with linear-gradient() is deprecated. ).
You can retrieve all these lines by doing the following : "# journalctl | grep .css"
Also when specifying a font, you have to use CSS syntax and specify it as "font-family:" ( i.e. févr. 02 17:24:06 debtrfs gedit[9323]: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:4422:17: Using Pango syntax for the font: style property is deprecated; please use CSS syntax).
Regards
I'm aware of those warnings, but they're not caused by me and I can't fix them directly given how the theme is built.
This theme takes Adwaita, imports it, and then overrides some bits (base colours, menus, etc). Both of those warnings come from original Adwaita theme files. Without editing those files (which I avoid so as to keep my theme easy to maintain) I can't fix those errors.
Which version of GTK are you using?
Well I'm even using gtk-3.22, I'm on Debian Sid.
I know you've taken this directly from Adwaita, but you can fix them properly by doing the following : i.e. when you encouter this type of line
--> background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #c6c6c6);
you just have to replace it, or complete if your prefer, like that :
--> background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #c6c6c6, #c6c6c6);
This doesn't fundamentaly change the behaviour of the theme but avoid complains in log file... Just copy/paste the same color twice, that's what is required by linear-gradient.
Yes, the required change itself is simple, but no, it cannot easily be fixed with the way I am modifying the theme.
The theme is built from SCSS files that are parsed to generate the CSS. I intentionally do not change the underlying common.scss etc so that I can easily compare between versions to see what issues I might need to fix. If I start making changes like that to the original Adwaita files rather than my override file then, no matter how small they start, they'll end up making it difficult to maintain.
It sounds like GTK 3.22 might have changed something. I'll see how big the changes are and whether the recent GTK stability means that I can back-port the standard GTK 3.22 Adwaita files as 3.20 theme files so that I don't have to maintain too many versions.
Ratings & Comments
31 Comments
8 8 great
Copy/Pasta error in the title? Should the theme be named "Adwaita Light Gray" instead of "Adwaita Dark Green"?
Copy/pasta error from where? It has been called "Adwaita Dark Green" since v1.0. The folder is called "Adwaita-Dark-Green". The theme is darker than Adwaita and uses a dark-ish green colour. It is Adwaita Dark Green.
Do you plan a Gnome-Shell, by the way? Thanks again!
Sorry, only just seen this (Gnome Look is dreadful for notifications!). No, I'm not planning a Gnome Shell theme, because the shell is so minimal and the black isn't hard on the eyes, so I don't feel a need to change it.
Thanks. You actually commented about the gnome shell two years ago lower in the page. May I ask what is the .hg folder in the archive? It's 6.5MB big. I also see .sass-cache folders under gtk-3.18 and gtk-3.20. Are they necessary? Thanks!
Ah, so I did! I thought it was a later comment that I hadn't replied to. Those extra folders are just build artefacts that I forgot about. I've removed them now and re-uploaded the zip. Thanks for pointing it out. I had assumed the larger file size was just because I had added new versions of GTK!
Thanks! :-)
9 9 excellent Nice Adwaita variant, thanks! What icon set are you using in the pics please?
It's the Tango icon theme (plus a load of extra Tango-esque icons that I've collected over the years, but the screenshots just show Tango elements). The Tango project made excellent project that made icons that looked clean, crisp, well designed, and had a good colour palette. And the different apps looked distinctive and followed Human Interface Guideline (HIG) rules. But no, I've got no plans to make a Gnome Shell theme. All I'd change is the highlight colour, and it's not worth the effort to keep it maintained.
Ok, thanks. That means you won't likely update it in the future?
No. I'll update this theme when I find issues/Gnome changes things. But GTK is separate from Gnome Shell and I don't plan to theme Gnome Shell.
9 One of the best light themes for me because of the slightly darker grays which are easier on the eyes. I was a great fan of Mediterranean themes. Thanks for keeping the spirit alive!
9 +1
Hi there! Thank you very much for sharing with us. This theme works and looks great on my Xubuntu 16.04! Greetings, Michael
very nice work.... I'm not a fan of the shade of green you've used but the overall colour design is exellent! Much easier on the eyes and easier to identify elements on windows, toolbars and menus
I'm glad you generally like it, even if you don't like the green. I think I based it on an old version of openSUSE that I started using - somewhere around 11.3, when they were using their own Gnome theme. If you want to change the green then all you need to do is install the Ruby SASS modules, edit line 24 of gtk.scss (https://dev.ibboard.co.uk/repos/other/Adwaita-Dark-Green/file/e6f584bf0745/gtk-3.20/gtk.scss#l24) and run the "parse-sass.sh" script and the whole thing will recompile with your new colour
yeah, I use opensuse too.... thanks for the tips... I'll try that out
thanks for the tips too for changing the color
Great work, great theme! But you have to bring some corrections to gtk.css file (in my case I had to do the corrections to gtk.css under gtk-3.20, but you'll probably have to do the same work under gtk-3.0 and gtk-3.18...). Journal log is complaining about gtk.css deprecated options length with linear-gradient, you can't set just one color anymore, but have to set two (i.e. gtk.css:217:56: Using one color stop with linear-gradient() is deprecated. ). You can retrieve all these lines by doing the following : "# journalctl | grep .css" Also when specifying a font, you have to use CSS syntax and specify it as "font-family:" ( i.e. févr. 02 17:24:06 debtrfs gedit[9323]: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:4422:17: Using Pango syntax for the font: style property is deprecated; please use CSS syntax). Regards
I'm aware of those warnings, but they're not caused by me and I can't fix them directly given how the theme is built. This theme takes Adwaita, imports it, and then overrides some bits (base colours, menus, etc). Both of those warnings come from original Adwaita theme files. Without editing those files (which I avoid so as to keep my theme easy to maintain) I can't fix those errors. Which version of GTK are you using?
Well I'm even using gtk-3.22, I'm on Debian Sid. I know you've taken this directly from Adwaita, but you can fix them properly by doing the following : i.e. when you encouter this type of line --> background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #c6c6c6); you just have to replace it, or complete if your prefer, like that : --> background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #c6c6c6, #c6c6c6); This doesn't fundamentaly change the behaviour of the theme but avoid complains in log file... Just copy/paste the same color twice, that's what is required by linear-gradient.
Yes, the required change itself is simple, but no, it cannot easily be fixed with the way I am modifying the theme. The theme is built from SCSS files that are parsed to generate the CSS. I intentionally do not change the underlying common.scss etc so that I can easily compare between versions to see what issues I might need to fix. If I start making changes like that to the original Adwaita files rather than my override file then, no matter how small they start, they'll end up making it difficult to maintain. It sounds like GTK 3.22 might have changed something. I'll see how big the changes are and whether the recent GTK stability means that I can back-port the standard GTK 3.22 Adwaita files as 3.20 theme files so that I don't have to maintain too many versions.
By the way I already did it here on my installation, and it works fine, no more logs about that.
beautiful green