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How can I create themes for Gnome Shell?

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 21537 / 2 Years ago, tue, november 8, 2022, 11:57:21

What makes me feel good in Linux is customization. I've recently tested some great themes for Gnome Shell. They're really great, but sometimes I don't like some part of them. I looked into the files and found out that the themes are CSS-based. I know CSS, but I don't which classes or IDs refer to which parts of the screen.

Is there any reference or guide for theming Gnome Shell? (not GTK3)

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answered 2 Years ago otatorm · Accepted Answer

This is kind of an old question, Anyway there is a new GTK GUI inspection tool added with GTK v3.14.

GtkInspector is the built-in interactive debugging support in GTK+. It was added in GTK+ 3.14, based on a copy of the well-estabished gtkparasite.

To enable the debugger, either start your app with GTK_DEBUG=interactive in your environment, or run gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.Debug enable-inspector-keybinding true and launch the debugger with the ControlShiftI or ControlShiftD keyboard shortcuts.

Source: Gnome Projects: GtkInspector

It is more convenient to know the runtime GUI shell directly than following code, as many applications out there using chunks to construct GUI dynamically.

I didn't need to use the shortcut running for example GTK_DEBUG=interactive gedit brings up the GTK Inspector.