[GNC] GnuCash 5.1 not reflecting dark mode of Ubuntu

[rsbrux]

I am running GnuCash 5.10 flatpak under Ubuntu Studio 24.04.1 LTS and
GnuCash  *does* respect my system's dark theme. The "Accounts" page
always has the dark background from my theme and the "Register" pages
depend on whether I have checked "Use GnuCash built-in color theme" or
not. If it is checked, each register shows alternating yellow and green
bars. If I disable "Use GnuCash built-in color theme" the register
pages also follow my system color scheme.
That said, you may have more than one color scheme, depending on your
display server (X11 or Wayland), desktop environment (e.g. Gnome, KDE),
theme, application style, etc.
Ubuntu Studio uses the KDE plasma desktop environment.  If you have
something else, the terminology you see might be slightly different.
GnuCash runs in a GNOME/GTK desktop environment (DE). If you have a
different DE in your Ubuntu installation, you may need to specify an
"Appplication Style" in addition to a "Global Theme". In these cases,
not all combinations will work well.  In my case I have chosen "Breeze"
as my KDE "Application Style" and "Materia-dark" as my GNOME/GTK
"Application Style". If you are running GnuCash in a sandbox, e.g.
flatpak, you may also need to install themes inside the flatpak.  
However, a normal X11 environment should pick them up automatically.
A good source for more specific help on these topics is
https://askubuntu.com

> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:10:36 +0000
> From: Indiana <gividen at protonmail.com>
> To: "sunfish62 at yahoo.com" <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: sunfish62--- via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.1 not reflecting dark mode of Ubuntu
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> Thank you for the reply.
> Are you referring to the "Use GnuCash built-in color theme?"
> Toggling this feature on and off appears to only effect the
> individual entries.
> Edit>Preferences>Register and the option is under Graphics. Is there
> another setting I should be looking at?
> Here is a 20 second video of the results of me toggling this feature
> on and off.
> https://rumble.com/v6ggep4-gnucash-5.1-does-not-reflect-dark-theme-in-ubuntu-24.04.html
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> On Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 at 11:08 PM,
> sunfish62 at yahoo.com <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > There is a setting in GnuCash to allow other colors than the
> > GnuCash default in the register. So you have this setting properly
> > set?
> > 
> > David T.
> > On Feb 3, 2025, at 4:30?AM, Indiana via gnucash-user
> > <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > I am using GnuCash 5.1 on Ubuntu 24.04.
> > > 
> > > I have selected dark mode in Ubuntu and it is not reflected in
> > > GnuCash. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
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> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 10:12:18 -0600
> From: R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com>
> To: Brook Milligan <brook at nmsu.edu>
> Cc: Chris Green <cl at isbd.net>, gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Print Accounts
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> On Sun, Feb 2, 2025 at 10:10?AM Brook Milligan via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
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> > 
> > > On Feb 2, 2025, at 09:07, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 08:50:18AM -0700, Brook Milligan via
> > gnucash-user wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Feb 2, 2025, at 01:43, jbonnett--- via gnucash-user <
> > gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > If you just want a list of the accounts with some detail, you
> > > > > can use
> > the
> > > > > Export option on the File menu. There are a few choices, but
> > > > > you can
> > export
> > > > > your accounts to a CSV file, save that and then open it in a
> > spreadsheet
> > > > > program like Excel and do what you want from there. This is
> > > > > just a
> > text file
> > > > > so you could also open it in another editor too. Depends on
> > > > > what you
> > want.
> > > > 
> > > > This is certainly true. However, there are instances when I
> > > > have found
> > > > it useful to convey the hierarchical nature of the accounts to
> > > > others
> > who
> > > > need to understand the system. The flat list in a csv file is
> > > > not so
> > helpful
> > > > there. Instead, a report like what is visible in the accounts
> > > > tab would
> > > > be helpful.
> > > > 
> > > > Is the only way to get a hierarchical representation to use
> > > > some
> > external, probably bespoke, code?
> > > > 
> > > Would PrintScreen provide what you want?
> > 
> > I think that works only if the entire account hierarchy fits on a
> > single
> > screen.  Mine doesn?t.
> > 
> > Perhaps I?m wrong?
> > 
> 
> 
> It's easiest if it fits on one screen, but you could do a Print
> Screen for
> each page of your accounts