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Theoden

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Registered: 2005-03-03

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Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

I am running Gnome 3.2 with Gnome-Shell - but I have "Have file manager handle desktop" enabled.  The text under the icons on the desktop is Black.

Does anyone know where that info is stored and/or how to change the color to white?

Thanks.

--Theoden

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Theoden

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

Come on guys & gals - Arch has some of the smartest people anywhere.  'Someone' must know the answer to this.

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fsckd

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

It's just been 3 hours. Have some patience.

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kjozsa

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

I had the same. removed the old ~/.config/dconf and ~/.gconf* as suggested in the release notes and it's black to white.. hth

wonder

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

sounds like a bug in the theme. report it upstream against gnome-themes-standard but i'm not sure how supported is your setup

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Theoden

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

I had the same. removed the old ~/.config/dconf and ~/.gconf* as suggested in the release notes and it's black to white.. hth

I did that when I upgraded and have again since.  It made no difference - the icon text remains black regardless of icons, font, or wallpaper.

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Theoden

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

sounds like a bug in the theme. report it upstream against gnome-themes-standard but i'm not sure how supported is your setup

I have tried all the themes I have - including the default theme - different icon themes - including the default icon theme - different fonts - including the default font - both light and dark wallpapers.  The result is the same - the text color remains black only.  In dark or black-based wallpapers it is unreadable.

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wonder

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

@Theoden the icons are draw by nautilus. maybe you should report it upstream

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Theoden

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

@Theoden the icons are draw by nautilus. maybe you should report it upstream

Report them where?  I do not know where this should be done.  Gnome?

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wilson

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

I had to remove .config/dconf/user twice to get rid of the black text. The first time, after reststarting with Alt-F2 'r', the desktop was mostly reset, but the icons were all still there, and running gnome-tweak-tool "Have file manager manage the desktop" was set to False, and setting it to True did nothing. I removed the file again, logged out, then logged in, and then the icon's were gone, and setting "Have file manager manage the desktop" properly put white text under the icons.

Theoden

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

I had to remove .config/dconf/user twice to get rid of the black text. The first time, after reststarting with Alt-F2 'r', the desktop was mostly reset, but the icons were all still there, and running gnome-tweak-tool "Have file manager manage the desktop" was set to False, and setting it to True did nothing. I removed the file again, logged out, then logged in, and then the icon's were gone, and setting "Have file manager manage the desktop" properly put white text under the icons.

Very interesting.  I did all that you suggested - and in the end - the icon text was still black.  However - I got to playing around and discovered the source of the problem.

It is the GTK+ Theme.  If it is set to any GTK+ theme other than the default 'Adwaita' - the icon text is always black.  However, it works correctly - white - with Adwaita.

So - I surmise that something changed in how Gnome 3.2 uses GTK+ - or something in GTK+ itself.  Perhaps Wonder may have some perspective on this ... I hope. 

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Theoden

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

@wonder:

Could you please respond to the previous message and let me know if anything has changed that would explain my findings.

Thanks,

--Theoden 

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pathes

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Re: Gnome 3.2 desktop icons text color

You have to change the file: gnome-applications.css, located probably in /usr/share/themes/YOUR_THEME_NAME/gtk-3.0

CSS class responding to desktop icon text is .nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item.

When you change the color, you have to do more than Alt+F2 and 'r', it's necessary to kill the nautilus desktop instance. Simply killall nautilus, and then open some windowed nautilus instance - it should launch the desktop one.