Comments on: OpenOffice.org 2.4.x Dark Theme Workaround With Ubuntu 8.04

By: Adam Stovicek

Adam Stovicek — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:16:44 +0000

As it is with everything, each new release of Ubuntu is different from the last in just about every aspect. While the steps outlined in the post were meant for 8.04, they can be used as a guideline to figure out what needs to be changed as vyncere found for 10.04. I’m fairly positive that what worked for 10.04 won’t work for 10.10.

What really needs to be fixed is the code that resides in OpenOffice.org which controls the behavior. Maybe that will finally change with the advent of the much awaited LibreOffice.

By: jon

jon — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:30:23 +0000

wow, screwed this up in ubuntu 10.10 and it took for ever to get open office again. not worth messing with

By: vyncere

vyncere — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:06:41 +0000

Tested with Lucid Lynx (10.04 LTS) with a launch script, because the chosen desktop theme was too dark for OOO.

# Start
export GTKRCFILE=Ambiance
export GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=none
soffice “${@}”
# End

The two first lines force the theme, but partially : popups, dialog boxes & co are a mixed of the forced theme and the desktop theme.

A good solution is to add the third line, in order to have the native theme of OOO for dialog boxes & co.

Thank you very much too all !

It’s perfect for me ! ^^

By: mackaber

mackaber — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:55:13 +0000

Using Ubuntu 10.4 LTS

With Azenis theme
followed the guide several times, and looks exactly the same :(, any ideas?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:56:30 +0000

Or you could just go to Tools > Options > Appearance and change the background to something more pleasing to the eye.. like white.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:32:51 +0000

lol
when copying, watch out for the utf8 quotes.

By: CJ

CJ — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:39:20 +0000

Yes Yes YES! Thank you! This has been driving me nuts.

By: Adam Stovicek

Adam Stovicek — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:32:57 +0000

@Iv I don't have much familiarity with KDE but if I recall correctly it isn't using the same theme engine. To be honest, I wouldn't know where to begin without some Google searches. I would think KDE-Look.org would be the best place to start.

By: Iv

Iv — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:12:50 +0000

Hi!
I have the same problem shown above, but under kubuntu 9.10 (using KDE as visual env)
I’ll be grateful if you provide me with some help.

10x in advance!

By: Archlinux user

Archlinux user — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:50:58 +0000

This is a fantastic tutorial that solves a long-standing problem for me. Thank you so much.