Ubuntu
unity-control-center package

Cannot use third-party theme packages

Bug #1100670 reported by zhangchao
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This bug affects 12 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu Kylin
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned
unity-control-center (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

The Appearance panel not allows to select third-party themes.
Copy third-party themes to /usr/share/themes(or ~/.themes), the new theme does not display in The Appearance panel.

MC Return (mc-return)
Changed in gnome-control-center-unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jack Yu (jackyu) wrote :

Yes, it seems that only static four themes could be chose on the Appearance panel. Could this be improved?

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Ma Jun (maclin.jun) wrote :

Yes, I test a third-party theme with gnome-tweak-tool, but the theme slection in "Appearance" setting dialog is blank. After I choose one of the default three themes, I can't change back. The only choice is to make the setting with gnome-tweak-tool again.

Anthony Wong (anthonywong)
Changed in ubuntukylin:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in gnome-control-center-unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Aron Xu (happyaron) wrote :

As this isn't a sole feature request, raising the importance from wishlist.

Changed in ubuntukylin:
importance: Wishlist → Medium
status: New → Triaged
Changed in gnome-control-center-unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Wishlist → Medium
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)
Changed in gnome-control-center-unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
affects: gnome-control-center-unity (Ubuntu) → unity-control-center (Ubuntu)
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David Coronel (davecore) wrote :

The themes available via the Appearance panel seem to be hardcoded in the unity-control-center source code:

unity-control-center/panels/appearance/cc-appearance-panel.c:

static gchar *themes_id[] = { "Adwaita", "Ambiance", "Radiance", "HighContrast" };
static gchar *themes_name[] = { "Adwaita", "Ambiance", "Radiance", "High Contrast" };

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David Coronel (davecore) wrote :

I have information that the original Desktop team confirmed that limiting the themes available via the Appearance panel was a design choice. They decided to create a "whitelist" of themes known to look in an acceptable way.

I don't think this will change in Unity in the future. I suggest we close this bug.

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