Did someone make Transmission respect the dark theme?
I wrote this article, but I have not yet found any solution for this app:
Dark theme support in GTK 3 apps
Also, the adw-gtk3 patch is not an option for me, as it overwrites other legacy apps, including Firefox,
and this extension looks like a cheap copy of the original Adwaita dark style.
It's Fedora 41 here.
2025-03-21 · 1 year ago
8 Comments ↓
😈 dimkr · 2025-03-21 at 18:46:
The version in Debian testing uses GTK 4 🤔
👻 ps [OP] · 2025-03-21 at 19:04:
@dimkr I'm surprised that Transmission already has GTK 4 version lol
so have just changed this option in ~/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini (instead of gtk-3.0 folder)
- for some reason it was `0`
madness! thank you, fixed
👻 ps [OP] · 2025-03-21 at 19:17:
@HanzBrix, what is your choice for today?
I have previously used qBittorrent on server,
but on desktop, I prefer Transmission for simple UI.
I would like to test any other modern client if you know,
even era of BitTorrent files exchange seems to be gone with optics.
I use transmission mostly via the web interface ( localhost:9091 typically. It allows me to add stuff from my phone when I feel like it :D). I recently upgraded my laptop after... too long, and the web interface was suddenly in dark mode...
👻 ps [OP] · 2025-03-21 at 21:58:
@jmcs after discovering Gemini, I'm just trying to replace web-browser things with native apps.
👻 ps [OP] · 2025-03-21 at 22:03:
lol, it seems like some little gnome is messing with me.
after a system restart, I found that `gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme` was reset to `0` for `gtk-3`. I returned it to the previous state manually. It's strange which process could be responsible for this mysterious settings reset.
at least I found that this gnome had reset the same option for `gtk-4` before.
👻 ps [OP] · 2025-03-22 at 18:28:
@HanzBrix qBit is qBittorrent or something else? Could you share the link please, as never heard before
👻 ps [OP] · 2025-03-22 at 18:30:
btw, I found the gnome who turn the GTK settings off.
It was me :) I've turned it off to prevent adwaita warnings about unsupported `gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme` option in my app. so I'm starting to understand some people who have an issues with the legacy GTK integrations..