Ok, I know what has happened. In Disco the default shell theme has dark topbar menus (and light popup windows eg ALT F2) so the topbar menus are always dark. But now in Eoan the topbar menus have changed to always be "light". See the attached screenshot, where I have selected "Try Ubuntu" from the default installer ISOs for each release.
It must be an Ubuntu thing, because gnome-shell 34 still has the dark menus (eg see screenshots at https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/06/a -quick-look-at-gnome-shell-3-34-theme-improvements). I guess the devs are trying to make yaru appear everywhere, except maybe they forgot all about yaru-dark. It looks much worse IMHO, because the menus don't match the dark toolbar (and definitely don't match the applications if you choose yaru-dark). Unfortunately, Ubuntu doesn't include a dark shell theme, so you have to jump through an annoying number of hoops to get it set up to look the way you want. But then, isn't that the gnome-shell philosophy?! :) ** Attachment added: "Eoan vs Disco.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1842886/+attachment/5287050/+files/Eoan%20vs%20Disco.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1842886 Title: gnome-shell top bar menus no longer honour application theme settings, eg dark themes Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Status in yaru-theme package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When you selected a dark application theme, the gnome-shell top bar menus used to also switch to match the theme (ie light text on a dark background) - eg see the screenshot showing the top-bar calendar at https://micheleg.github.io/dash-to-dock/news/2015/03/01/approaching- gnome-3.16.html). This is no longer the case - see attached screenshot for yark-dark. It's the same with adwaita-dark. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.33.91-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.2.0-15.16-generic 5.2.9 Uname: Linux 5.2.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Sep 5 16:01:07 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-07-01 (65 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190606) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.33.91-1ubuntu1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1842886/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
