Changes

It is possible to change the Gramps [[File:Dark-theme on the Windows AIO-example-60.png|thumb|right|450px|Example Dark GTK3 Theme]]

As of this writing, The Gramps theme on the Windows AIO (All in one) installation can be changed so long as the Gramps AIO is version 5.0.x or newer and uses Gtk 3.18, so to 3.24 you can select a theme that MUST be selected that supports that version support those versions (also themes that are designed for a later version may not work).

One choice that provides a pretty good looking dark theme is ;GTK Themes:can be found in the '''[https://www.gnome-look.org/pbrowse?cat=135&ord=latest GTK3/1206053/ the "OlliFri Gtk 34 Themes]''' section on '''gnome-look.18 Dark Blue Gradient"org''' that provide '''Eyecandy for your GTK Desktop'''.

Download __FORCETOC__=Example theme installation=For this example the '''[https://www.gnome-look.org/p/2299211 MacTahoe-gtk-theme file ]''' (often By vinceliuice) provides a tar.gz) and if necessary decompress it using 7-zip of similargood looking dark theme.

The decompressed files should be stored in "C* Start by download the file of latest release from https:\Users\you\//github.themes" com/vinceliuice/MacTahoe-gtk-theme/releases * After downloading the theme file (replacing 'you' with your user nameoften a tar.gz or a .zip ) so that decompress it using 7-zip of similar. In this example the final directory structure looks like:filename was C:\Users\you\.themes Ollis''MacTahoe-Gtkgtk-3.18theme-Dark2025-Grad Gtk08-2.0 Gtk-3.0 ..22.zip''

Find your AIO installation * Once decompressed look in the ''MacTahoe-gtk-theme-2025-08-22'' folder for the ''release'' folder and edit you will see a list of sub themes select the '''MacTahoe-Dark.tar.xz''' file in and decompress it, you should now have a folder named '''MacTahoe-Dark''' with various folders and files.** Copy the '''MacTahoe-Dark''' folder to the Windows users directory called '''.themes''' if it does not exist create it first "C:\GrampsAIO64-4.2.6\etcUsers\gtk-3.0<username>\settings.inithemes".

Add You should now see the files stored in "<code>C:\Users\<username>\.themes</code>" (replace <username> with your user name) so that the final directory structure looks like: C:\Users\<username>\.themes\MacTahoe-Dark\ ... gtk-3.0\ ... * Find your Gramps AIO installation folder and create/edit the ''settings.ini'' file in "C:\GrampsAIO64-6.0.5\etc\gtk-3.0\settings.ini" ** In the '''[Settings]''' section add in a line that says "'''gtk-theme-name = Ollis-Gtk-3.18MacTahoe-Dark-Grad" ''' (or whatever your theme name is). The complete file should may look like this:

gtk-theme-name = OllisMacTahoe-Dark * Start Gramps and you should see the resulting theme shown in the screenshot above. {{man note|Note: When starting Gramps with the new theme|your console may show some ''Gtk-3WARNING **: Theme parsing error'' messages. These are usually harmless, but if there are a lot, and your Gramps screen doesn't look right, then your theme may not be compatible with the version of Gtk Gramps AIO is using, remove and find a new theme.18}} ==Checking your Gramps AIO Gtk version==You can check the Gramps AIO Gtk version by starting Gramps from the console; gramps -v C:\Program Files\GrampsAIO64-Dark6.0.5>gramps -Gradv Gramps Settings: gtk-xft-antialias=-------------- gramps : AIO64-6.0.5--1 o.s. : Windows Required: gtk-xft-hinting------- Python : 3.12.11 Gtk++ : 3.24.50 ... =See also=1 gtk* [[GEPS_029:_GTK3-GObject_introspection_Conversion#GTK_3_theme|GTK 3 theme -xftGEPS 029: GTK3-hintstyle=hintfullGObject introspection Conversion]] gtk* [[GrampsAIO_cx_freeze-based|GrampsAIO-cxfreeze-xftbased]]* [[Addon:ThemePreferences|Addon:Theme Preferences]] -rgba=rgba simpler way to use Gramps with a Dark theme as you only need to install this addon and select the {{man label|[ ] Dark Variant}} checkbox.

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