[GNC] How to change register colors in gnucash 3.x?

[Adrien Monteleone]

Interesting, the preference works the opposite for me. I’m on a Mac, but that shouldn’t matter.

Windows has two locations you can put that file.

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GnuCash
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash

You tried the second one. Try the first. (or both?)

Other than that, perhaps there is a problem with the css file itself. What app did you use to create it? (be sure it has a .css extension and not .css.txt and that your app is set to linux/unix line endings.)

Also double-check the syntax on that particular css rule, maybe even change the declaration to something more glaring like ‘red’ or ‘pink’ as ’seagreen’ is not far off from the default color. (it is a bit darker though)

You can also try storing that file in the main GTK locations and unchecking the preference. Note, this will likely affect other GTK apps if you have them installed.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Mar 26, 2019, at 11:13 AM, dsp1024 via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> I tried your suggestion and I still have no luck. I'm either missing
> something basic or the instructions are not correct or clear enough. I
> copied the text of the instructions below. I'm leaning towards me missing
> something. But I don't see what.
> 
> This is what the tool tip says:
> "GnuCash uses a yellow/green theme by default for registered windows.
> Uncheck this if you want to use the system color theme instead."
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------- instructions start
> -----------------------------------
> Register Appearance
> The GnuCash registers use a yellow/green theme by default for register
> windows. Users must disable this default theme in order to change register
> appearance.
> 
> To override this, one first has to disable this custom theme by disabling
> "Use GnuCash built-in color theme" in the GnuCash Preferences.
> 
> Next, create or change the GTK css file for further styling tweaks. The
> location and name of the resource file is explained in Configuration
> Locations.
> 
> For adjusting register colors, you can override the relevant css style
> definitions in your own GTK3 resource file. See GTK css example for example
> settings.
> --------------------------- instructions end
> -----------------------------------
>