Ambiance Theme Updated With Dark Toolbars For Nautilus And Other GNOME 3 Apps [Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander]

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRlIQNQ3_cDy2txpXe2uTVcqObDVfySekDPPb0zeH5Jvu-I-IHnA6LlecppYPIN5mpc1wtS_BF-jd72lg2w4reTjvK506lQkphHgA_Ia9rZ1g8OHeyRhjhgBSBQL8hb0a0Kc2UgN2nIQ/s1600/ubuntu13.10-nautilus-dark-toolbar.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Nautilus dark toolbar" border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRlIQNQ3_cDy2txpXe2uTVcqObDVfySekDPPb0zeH5Jvu-I-IHnA6LlecppYPIN5mpc1wtS_BF-jd72lg2w4reTjvK506lQkphHgA_Ia9rZ1g8OHeyRhjhgBSBQL8hb0a0Kc2UgN2nIQ/s320/ubuntu13.10-nautilus-dark-toolbar.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Nautilus dark toolbar" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu Light Themes - Ambiance and Radiance -, have been <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy/+source/ubuntu-themes/13.04+13.10.20130802-0ubuntu1">updated</a> today in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander with a <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-themes/+bug/1118838">fix</a> for the GNOME 3 "symbolic toolbars". Applications that use such toolbars, like Nautilus 3.6+ for instance, now have a dark toolbar using the default Ubuntu theme.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Symbolic toolbars are used in many GNOME 3 applications, including Nautilus 3.6+, System Settings 3.6+, Font Viewer, Evince, GNOME Clocks, GNOME Documents, Epiphany and more.</div><br />Here's what some of these applications looked like before this fix:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VECAeJoceP-V3jWJ5VmMWbvWJXSVNTuTFoom-mk3teEX-BC5R-QvQ3wQyqQ7C59NMWccTkGGiNO1-PL7MFEz2POyaTYKn4Vj52_0uE9NKMzbhXT-K-jKykWXMQsqaHiDCeJevk8g8PE/s1600/toolbars-light.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ambiance toolbars before" border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VECAeJoceP-V3jWJ5VmMWbvWJXSVNTuTFoom-mk3teEX-BC5R-QvQ3wQyqQ7C59NMWccTkGGiNO1-PL7MFEz2POyaTYKn4Vj52_0uE9NKMzbhXT-K-jKykWXMQsqaHiDCeJevk8g8PE/s320/toolbars-light.png" title="Ambiance toolbars before" width="320" /></a></div><br />And after:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtY7aSGI5_VWdnsHB9l45n81rNiPRUpyiY6mupCngD8vV8hEO7p20qzghhCuPcdtdC639LAS1IIAlrn7o6wprgVfPzjSaIrehhmh_LtTkFODR4FIi8pLSrpX-BdhSnmJn30JAE7_VaC1E/s1600/toolbars-dark.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ambiance toolbars after" border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtY7aSGI5_VWdnsHB9l45n81rNiPRUpyiY6mupCngD8vV8hEO7p20qzghhCuPcdtdC639LAS1IIAlrn7o6wprgVfPzjSaIrehhmh_LtTkFODR4FIi8pLSrpX-BdhSnmJn30JAE7_VaC1E/s320/toolbars-dark.png" title="Ambiance toolbars after" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The fix is also available for Radiance, the other GTK theme installed by default in Ubuntu:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgU9bnpI_t666CSfDRXtFl-Wt742DJYwRPMO-4sa2ec4skKaNaiajTCPq_wrdRFwpDR6vsMU5niu0-1rLr4v4ePQHfbhIBskmyN1CmIECkn0UDMgoP6o5Xtq1vHAk_cAEqb5iRJLHZmY/s1600/toolbar-radiance.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Radiance toolbars after" border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgU9bnpI_t666CSfDRXtFl-Wt742DJYwRPMO-4sa2ec4skKaNaiajTCPq_wrdRFwpDR6vsMU5niu0-1rLr4v4ePQHfbhIBskmyN1CmIECkn0UDMgoP6o5Xtq1vHAk_cAEqb5iRJLHZmY/s320/toolbar-radiance.png" title="Radiance toolbars after" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Use the fixed dark toolbar Ubuntu Light Themes in Ubuntu 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're using Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, the fixed Light Themes should be available as an update via Software Updater </b>so run an update, then log out and log back in and you'll be using the fixed Light Themes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In my test, the fixed Ubuntu Light themes (Ambiance and Radiance) have worked properly in Ubuntu 13.04 so if you want, you can install the Saucy deb in Raring.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To use it in Ubuntu 13.04, download the fixed "light-themes" deb from Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander <a href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-unity/+archive/daily-build/+build/4844319">HERE</a></b>, install it, <b>then log out and log back in</b> (and obviously, make sure the theme is set to Ambiance or Radiance under <i>System Settings > Appearance</i>). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If later on you want to revert this change and go back to the default Ambiance / Radiance themes used in Ubuntu 13.04, use the following command to downgrade the themes:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ubuntu-themes/raring</code></pre>

Ambiance Theme Updated With Dark Toolbars For Nautilus And Other GNOME 3 Apps [Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander]

The Ubuntu Light Themes - Ambiance and Radiance -, have been updated today in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander with a fix for the GNOME 3 ...

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