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https://github.com/kanehekili/Gradient-blue

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Description:
A dark GTK theme supporting gtk2,gtk3 and gtk4.

This theme was written for the GTK3.22+, changed for GTK4.6 and includes a matching gtk2 Version. It is supposed to be the anti thesis of the flat "material design" and has gradients! It supports the most popular DE like Gnome, XFCE,Cinnamon and Openbox.

The dark theme has been designed to be eye-friendly.

The latest version includes resdesigned lightdm and Gnome-Shell, rounded switches and shadows for CSD windows plus bugfixes.
Gnome 40 compliant

Themed for GTK.4,2. (Version 420)
Themed for GTK.4,6. (Version 4.6)
Themed for GTK.4,8 & Cinnamon. (Version 4.6.1)

GTK2 engines requirement: (used for QT or old GTK2 applications such as Gimp)
(1). GTK2 engine Murrine
(2). GTK2 pixbuf engine or the gtk(2)-engines package.

Installing:
Untar the package. It contains 3 folder themes for 3 resolutions. Copy them into into ~/.themes or /usr/share/themes to make them globally available (recommended)

**Gnome:**
Gnome uses libadwaita which undermines theming efforts. To circumvent this, add the selected theme into your ~/.profile:
export GTK_THEME=Gradient-black-46 (or one of the HiDpi variations)
To get the same look and feel for QT applications (VLC,or KDE apps) add:
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2

These entries can also be added into your .bash_profile file (depending on your distro).

Update on November 2024:
GTK4 evolves and seems to support Vulcan only. To run GTK4 Apps on X11 the following line has to be inserted into /etc/profile:
export GSK_RENDERER=cairo
Last changelog:

Improved lists and gnome-calculator

Finetuning lists and menus, tried to work around some libadwaita colors in gnome-calculator


Ratings & Comments

17 Comments

amolz70

GREAT !! Thanks

amolz70

Big thank for maintaining non-flat design theme, the best imho.

kanehekili

Thanks . I really appreciate the feedback. Motivates me to continue.

amphetamine

10 Finally something unique and nostalgic. I love the gradient style, thank you for maintaining this; this is amazing!

dabomb59404

10 Awesome theme! Thanks for sharing.

guayabagalactica

8 Nice n.n (retro)

amolz70

10 Very good ! THANKS !!

bridnour

10 I'm happy to see more "not flat as Kansas" themes being published.

FluxApex

10 Since I didn't give a rating on my last comment...

FluxApex

Very remarkable!

intro18

9 9 excellent

sdmf

10 10 the best

selimbosch

10 10 the best

danhuu

10 10 the best

jentiger

10 Very good - thanks for sharing

archman73

10 10 the best Finally a gradient and dark GTK theme, Great work it looks stunning! Thank you very much KANEHEKILI

iceler

10 10 the best

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