A twist on Adwaita Gnome Shell Theme to make it look modern.
I have extracted the official gnome-shell.css from the gnome-shell-theme.gresource
file found in /usr/share/gnome-shell
using the gresource extract
command. I then edited few line of CSS file and repackaged it as a new shell theme and then apllied it.
The changes I made are :
- Reduce the size of top panel to : 1.7e
- Made Search bar translucent.
- Made Dash translucent.
- Made App Folder translucent.
- Removed the gray background from the overview and replaced with image of my choice.
You can play along with other things too if you want! !! But be careful !!
- Download the theme either from here or through CLI (git clone command).
- Either choose any wallpaper from the given sets, or copy you images into the folder gnome-shell.
- Edit the last few lines of gnome-shell.css file by changing the URL of the image to be used as the Background (by deafult its set to one of the pre set images)
#overviewGroup {
background-image: url("/usr/share/themes/Adwance/gnome-shell/WaterBlur.jpg");
background-size: cover;
}
- Copy the folder to theme Dir by using :
sudo cp -r ~/Adwance /usr/share/themes
- Apply the Shell theme using Gnome Tweak Tool.
I have put the shell-theme and some accompanying wallpapers with their blurred and darkened counter parts for the maximum effect!