# Getting back to light theme

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/getting-back-to-light-theme/6304>\
**Category:** Themes\
**Created:** [October 11, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/getting-back-to-light-theme/6304 "2022-10-11T09:03:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![puffettacicciottella](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/puffettacicciottella/32/4525_2.png) [@puffettacicciottella](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/puffettacicciottella)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/getting-back-to-light-theme/6304/1 "2022-10-11T09:03:05Z")

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Hi all,

please, let me say that I hate that ugly (imho) dark theme that seems to be so trendy nowadays! 😬

So, I’ve installed and configured via Budgie-desktop-settings the (imho again) better Mojave-light theme and finally gedit and other applications came out clear. I’ve been, alas, in needing to use LibreOffice and … what a surprise! It was dark and for me - myopic, astigmatic and … over 40 so enjoying a bit of presbyopia too - a real nightmare.

I’ve somewhat fixed the problem adding in menu editor "env GTK\_THEME=Mojave-light " to command but everytime I need an application that I don’t use so frequently (using mostly programming IDE and shell, here), it jumps up in dark theme! Worst, after a recent upgrade Evolution too came out in dark

I’m frankly tired to modify any command to get rid of that dark crap (imho as always) so I’m asking if there is a setting that overrides globally dark theme; I mean something like .profile file in which I can add once and forever the directive "env GTK\_THEME=xxxx-light " to have my light GTK\_THEME globally applied.

Thanks,  
Sil

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/getting-back-to-light-theme/6304/2 "2022-10-11T09:09:46Z")

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> [@Theming changes in UB 22.04 and later](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/theming-changes-in-ub-22-04-and-later/5897/1):
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> Lets try to answer some of the theme issues being raised around various forums. GNOME 42 brings libadwaita and the enforced dark & light styling using just libadwaita colours - i.e. you cannot use your own GTK Theme. Anything else you may read in this area is a hack. Fortunately only a few apps in 22.04 are libadwaita based … but you will see many more in 22.10. Also - libhandy based apps similarly have this dark & light styling … but it only recognises the users dark or light GTK+3 theme if t…

i.e. the gsettings trick as described in the above post

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**Author:** ![puffettacicciottella](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/puffettacicciottella/32/4525_2.png) [@puffettacicciottella](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/puffettacicciottella)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/getting-back-to-light-theme/6304/3 "2022-10-11T10:18:20Z")

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> [@fossfreedom](#):
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> i.e. the gsettings trick as described in the above post

Thanks!!! 😍😍😍