Change icons for dark mode

[aljustiet]

They look awful with my theme.
OS: Archlinux/Hyprland

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[robleyd]

I don't have LO available right now but from memory Tools | Options | LibreOffice | View has some icon choices.

[Hagar Delest]

What OS?
I fear this kind of icon is more complicated than just a theme. It may be linked to how the contrast is rendered in dark mode themes for such icons.
Personally, on my Xubuntu machine, I tweak the LO launcher (soffice in /usr/lib) to set the generic display and avoid the dark theme from my desktop manager to apply.
I don't know why but for The Gimp I have no problem with the dark theme but for LO I'm lost with the dark theme. Moreover there are glitches that I can't stand with LO using dark themes (icons in menus are not aligned).

[aljustiet]

What OS?
I fear this kind of icon is more complicated than just a theme. It may be linked to how the contrast is rendered in dark mode themes for such icons.
Personally, on my Xubuntu machine, I tweak the LO launcher (soffice in /usr/lib) to set the generic display and avoid the dark theme from my desktop manager to apply.
I don't know why but for The Gimp I have no problem with the dark theme but for LO I'm lost with the dark theme. Moreover there are glitches that I can't stand with LO using dark themes (icons in menus are not aligned).

How Did you do that? I don't like how do the icons render in dark mode too.

[Hagar Delest]

You have to edit the exec file:
sudo mousepad /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice
Then add this line:
export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen

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[aljustiet]

You have to edit the exec file:
sudo mousepad /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice
Then add this line:
export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen

Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the 🖉 button if your issue has been fixed.

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Can I set specific light theme for the libreoffice using soffice file?

[Hagar Delest]

I've never tried. I just use the generic one that suits me:

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[aljustiet]

I've never tried. I just use the generic one that suits me:
Dark_theme.png

I added the

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export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen

line to the end of the soffice file, but it didn't change my theme in the LO apps.

[robleyd]

end of the soffice file

That won't help, you need to add it before the script actually starts OpenOffice. Instead, add it after this part of the script:

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# file locking now enabled by default
SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1
export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING

Note however that this change will be lost next time you upgrade OpenOffice. A longer term solution is to edit the OpenOffice entry in your application launcher and insert the string at the beginning of the command to start OpenOffice.

[aljustiet]

end of the soffice file

That won't help, you need to add it before the script actually starts OpenOffice. Instead, add it after this part of the script:

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# file locking now enabled by default
SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1
export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING

Note however that this change will be lost next time you upgrade OpenOffice. A longer term solution is to edit the OpenOffice entry in your application launcher and insert the string at the beginning of the command to start OpenOffice.

What command-line options should I paste? I use fuzzel as my application launcher.
I tried to add gen before SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1
export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING, it changed my theme, but now I have problems with scaling .

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[Hagar Delest]

Note however that this change will be lost next time you upgrade OpenOffice. A longer term solution is to edit the OpenOffice entry in your application launcher and insert the string at the beginning of the command to start OpenOffice.

I tried that too but the problem is with default applications that use directly the soffice file instead of the custom launcher.

What is the problem with scaling exactly? Fuzziness or too small interface?