changing fonts and icon theme in gnome-shell

calanor · #1 20th February 2011, 10:24 PM

Its embarrassing, but I am unable to find any dialog in gnome-shell to change fonts config and icon set.
It may be really trivial. How to I change the icon theme ?

#2 20th February 2011, 11:49 PM

post this to the F15 Development sub-forum ( not in Rawhide ) a Mod might wanna move this over and delete this post of mine

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you cannot change the icon theme in Gnome3 as far as i know. , how to change fonts, i dont know, but have a look in system-settings

oupsemma · #3 21st February 2011, 11:08 AM

Check the following links, as gnome-shell works differently from the GoodOldGnome: :
http://www.jonboy60.com/2010/07/12/h...n-gnome-shell/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1479239

There's a handy cheat sheet for gnome-shell shortcuts here:
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet

calanor · #4 22nd February 2011, 01:02 PM

Thanks for the links, I couldn't find how to change icon theme though.

oupsemma · #5 22nd February 2011, 02:22 PM

Possible answer about changing the icons theme here:
http://half-left.deviantart.com/art/...gacy-191396881

Don't install this theme, though, as it's for pre-relayout branches, which have Places and Recent Documents on the left Panel.
Fedora 15 uses relayout branches and there's only Favorites Applications.

calanor · #6 22nd February 2011, 02:30 PM

Still doesn't tell about changing icon theme from fedora to something else.

oupsemma · #7 22nd February 2011, 04:30 PM

Been exploring the files under /usr/share/icons /usr/share/themes and /usr/share/gnome-shell and can't find how to change the icons theme (not that I want to change mine, though).

Having found http://gnome-shell.deviantart.com/ , I've been installing this gnome-shell 2.91.x theme, Gnome Dark Shell, without the wallpaper, from half-left:
http://half-left.deviantart.com/jour...6660/#/d36szax

Screenshots are here:

Exploring the new theme folder did not bring any light about icons, though.
May be you could ask half-left for some advice about tweaking icons?

vallimar · #8 22nd February 2011, 04:50 PM

It may still use the gconf setting (or a ported dconf one) so load up gconf-editor and look around.
I forget what key it's stored under and I don't have access to anything to look at present.
Search for "Fedora" or "icon" and look at the keys under apps or desktop trees.

***Dangermouse*** · #9 22nd February 2011, 05:13 PM

Might be missing something

here but wont right clicking on Deskop then select change desktop background and then theme and customize and you change the icons and fonts there..(same as you would normally)

oupsemma · #10 22nd February 2011, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dangermouse

Might be missing something

here but wont right clicking on Deskop then select change desktop background and then theme and customize and you change the icons and fonts there..(same as you would normally)

Here we are talking about the gnome-shell that is included in Fedora 15, and you can't do that; the settings in gnome-shell and Gnome3 differ a lot from GoodOldGnome
Check the FAQ here: http://gnome-shell.deviantart.com/

Quote:

Originally Posted by vallimar

It may still use the gconf setting (or a ported dconf one) so load up gconf-editor and look around.

No, been trying that before and it isn't working.

oupsemma · #11 23rd February 2011, 03:30 PM

When it comes to eye-candy, I'm not sure the ultimate goal of Gnome3 and gnome-shell is to let you tweak everything on your system; it's more to refocus on what you can do with your computer and eliminate what's obtrusive and time consuming.

And GConf is being migrated to GSettings:
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/GSettingsMigration
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/2.27/ch28.html
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/u...GSettings.html

calanor · #12 23rd February 2011, 05:26 PM

I wouldn't classify changing icon theme or fonts as tweaking everything but rather as basic configuration option.

leigh123linux · #13 23rd February 2011, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by calanor

I wouldn't classify changing icon theme or fonts as tweaking everything but rather as basic configuration option.

I agree, this is why I'm dumping Gnome3.

oupsemma · #14 23rd February 2011, 06:15 PM

Of course, customizing the fonts is important, everybody has different vision problems, and it can still be done easily with tweaking the gnome-shell css file.

But personally I only have a small computer and I can't see the point of changing icons or wallpaper on it; when it's powered on, I'm using it, with many desktop windows opened and applications launched in full screen.
If I wanted bling-bling and bumping applications launchers, I'd go for KDE! :P

twohot · #15 5th March 2011, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123linux

I agree, this is why I'm dumping Gnome3.

Coming from Leigh, this has got to be serious. But how can you have a DE and not be able to tweak fonts and icons?

A Fedora ambassador will have a hard time propagating gnome3 because modifying css is not exactly user-friendly. Looks like gnome3 is another synonym for geek3