Ubuntu 18.04 missing 'Global Dark Theme' Option in GNOME Tweak Tool

Question

My GNOME Ubuntu 16.04 had this option under the tweaks tool:

Tweaks > Appearance > Global Dark Theme > On/Off

My same setup on 18.04 is simply missing this option entirely. How do I get the on/off button back? There's not even this Global Dark Theme line item under Appearances at all.

Solution 1

You probably look for the Adwaita-dark theme

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Adwaita-dark'

you will also find a Firefox Extension to make it dark too
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adwaita-dark/

Solution 2

If you prefer a gui based solution, install gnome-tweaks:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweaks

and invoke it with

gnome-tweaks&

or your system menu.

Under the menu appearance you can choose in Themes - Applications different themes, e.g. Adwaita-dark.

Other themes can be found on the gnome-look web page. First create a theme directory mkdir ~/.themesand download your theme into this directory. Then open again tweak tools and choose under the appearance the theme you like most. There are really cool themes, like macos, win10, or even other themes there.

Comments

[mchid]

I found out how to set this missing option manually by editing the GTK configuration files.

[jerry]

thanks for the solution, it works, how can i get system back to default theme?

[Daniel]

@jerry: To get back to the default theme use $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Ambiance'