[Bug 1832137] Re: Switch Adwaita/Yaru shell themes under vanilla/ubuntu gnome sessions

2019-06-09 Thread Carlos Pita
Thanks for you careful considerations, Daniel. > Because you say "there is no way to pick the other shell theme" which is simply untrue. I'm not quite following you here, what I mean is that when you are in Yaru shell theme you can't pick Adwaita shell theme (that is, the other theme in the

[Bug 1832137] Re: Switch Adwaita/Yaru shell themes under vanilla/ubuntu gnome sessions

2019-06-09 Thread Daniel van Vugt
OK. Future readers of this bug might be confused though. Because you say "there is no way to pick the other shell theme" which is simply untrue. Please reword those statements to avoid confusing other people in future. While I agree with your concern here, we also need to be mindful that upstream

[Bug 1832137] Re: Switch Adwaita/Yaru shell themes under vanilla/ubuntu gnome sessions

2019-06-09 Thread Carlos Pita
I know that Daniel, that is not what I meant. The problem is that Adwaita is not listed for an Ubuntu session and, conversely, Yaru is not listed for a vanilla session, because both are "Default" and the meaning of default is contextual to the session and neither of them are listed under

[Bug 1832137] Re: Switch Adwaita/Yaru shell themes under vanilla/ubuntu gnome sessions

2019-06-09 Thread Daniel van Vugt
The ability to change the shell theme is hidden behind the User Themes extension. To do it you need to: 1. sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions 2. In gnome-tweaks enable Extensions > User themes 3. Restart gnome-tweaks 4. gnome-tweaks > Appearance > Themes > Shell ... is now selectable.

[Bug 1832137] Re: Switch Adwaita/Yaru shell themes under vanilla/ubuntu gnome sessions

2019-06-09 Thread Carlos Pita
One additional consideration. Maybe one answer to my request could be: Ubuntu desktop is opinionated, provide a few extensions and restricted customization options, you're not supposed to change the gtk widget theme, let alone the shell theme for mere consistency with widgets, and if you want to

[Bug 1832137] Re: Switch Adwaita/Yaru shell themes under vanilla/ubuntu gnome sessions

2019-06-09 Thread Carlos Pita
** Description changed: In an ubuntu session the default shell theme is Yaru. In a vanilla gnome session the default shell theme is Adwaita. In both cases, there is no way to pick the other shell theme. Of course, I agree with the defaults, but arguably one might be interested in using