I just noticed that the background color change does not take effect immediately after a change of theme but does change if the applet is reloaded or after logging out and logging in again.
PS: Updated Subject -- deskbar applet does not use theme background for Glider theme https://launchpad.net/bugs/77110 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
