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Introduction
The Mageia Tools use the gtk toolkit, this is why it usually has a look similar to selected theme in desktops that also use gtk toolkit (Gnome, lxde, Xfce).
If you like to change the appearance of Magiea tools keep reading this page.
A frequent question is how to enlarge the text size - best method see Alternatives for all the Desktops#GUI at bottom of this page.
Change the Appearance of Mageia Tools
In gtk desktops could be enough changing the gtk theme as user (maybe is not necessary set the theme as root, I am not sure). If not, try to change the theme as root, see Ways to Change Appearance.
Ways to Change Appearance
Desktops GTK Based
Try first change the theme of the desktop as user, if that not works in a terminal as root, run the configuration tool of your desktop or make the procedure in #CLI section.
Plasma
- As user run
systemsettings5,Appearance -> Application Style, click on Configure GNOME/GTK Application Style select a theme and click on Apply - Follow the procedure in the section CLI.
| Note: The main MCC window don't follow totally the selected theme, this is expected |
For other appearances, use Alternatives for all the Desktops#GUI
Alternatives for all the Desktops
CLI
To only change text and you do not want to install a tool for it, easiest way is to as root edit /root/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini.
In that file, edit the line "gtk-font-name=Noto Sans, 10", for example change the size number "10" to "14"
Changing theme
First you must apply a gtk theme as user, then follow this procedure:
- Open a terminal and become root
su -
- Create
.config
mkdir .config
- Change to user
.configfolder
cd /home/username/.config
- Run this command
for theme in $(find gtk* -maxdepth 0); do cp -rfv "$(realpath $theme)" /root/.config/$theme; done
- Close the terminal
To undo the change:
- Open a terminal and become root
su -
- remove root config folders
rm -rf .config/gtk*
- Close the terminal
Or use the GUI method, selecting Adwaita
GUI
Install lxappearance, and as root in a terminal launch lxappearance. There you can select another theme, i.e Adwaita Dark.
If you want to change the text size or typeface you can directly do that at the bottom of the dialogue, clicking the current typeface opens another dialogue.
lxappearance itself adjust immediately to theme and typeface changes. Click Apply, and next time you start a Mageia tool it will use this setting.
Note that for example Mageia Control Center main page right pane do not follow theme nor text settings.
Recommendations
If the theme is not immediately applied:
- Try to close the session and start the session again.
- Try Alternatives for all the Desktops#GUI
