today i installed the ubuntu budgie update, & since then the top panel of the desktop is black. i have searched through the available themes and all the settings but cannot find a way to make it white or light coloured again. i expected to find a setting to do this in the Budgie Desktop Settings wi…

Can i ask what update did you install? Are you on 20.04 or 22.04?

Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS & Budgie 10.6.1 - i just upgraded Budgie today. & i’ve realised that it’s also turned the frames of other applications black - pdfs, libre office - they’ve now all got black frames to their windows. i guess this must be the theme, but i tried several.

ah! i found something that has helped - in the Desktop Settings in the Widgets dropdown, i changed it to High Contrast - i think this may have solved it :slight_smile: (but weirdly difficult to find!)

Also look at this [image] Theming changes in UB 22.04 and later Themes 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 you…

thanks very much for the fast and helpful answer :slight_smile:

How to make top panel light again?

fossfreedom August 19, 2022, 10:13pm 5

Also look at this

For light themes you need to tweak the described gsettings key.

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How to make top panel light again?

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