I installed elementary tweaks and enabled the dark mode toggle but the dark theme isn't applied to system settings app, although it works on other apps like files Using 5.1.5 Hera
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From eOS Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/elementaryos/comments/gxhsi9/slowly_losing_dark_theme_with_each_update/
replace the file at /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService.xml with the contents of
- Open terminal
sudo vi /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService.xml- Replace the whole code with https://github.com/elementary/default-settings/blob/master/accountsservice/io.elementary.pantheon.AccountsService.xml,
:put+ - Change the PrefersColorScheme value from 0 to 1.
- Save the changes,
:wq - Restart the system, don't just
sudo service lightdm restartbecause it won't work.
Tested on eOS 5.1.6.
I would like to add to MA Jacob's solution that, if you follow his solution but still don't see a dark mode in things like:
- The system settings
- The Applications Menu and other wingpanel indicators
It might be because you changed your Plank Theme.
I did this, since I wanted a transparent dock (Ctrl + Click on Dock, Preferences, Theme) and the aforementioned stayed in light mode.
Changing it back to "Default" solved it for me. I still got my transparent dock by copying /usr/share/plank/themes/Transparent/dock.theme to /usr/share/plank/themes/Default/dock.theme (backup the Default/dock.theme first) and leaving the setting on Default to keep dark mode.
the PrefersColorScheme solution worked to me. Thanks! the dark theme turned to light after several system updates. I remember I turned the dark theme on under the system settings panel, now the option it's not there anymore. Anyone knows why? I am running 5.1.7 Hera
