Is there a 'dark mode' for evolution?

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Hello,
I understand that flatties (and snappies) have a hard time following the system’s color scheme, but, is there a way to ‘enforce’ dark mode? or at least adwaita dark, in this case, for evolution.

Thanks.

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Evolution does follow the system color scheme on Fedora 37 / GNOME 43. It even switches the scheme on demand. So it should be possible but I can’t say what is missing in your environment.

You can force the dark theme with the GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark environment, e.g. flatpak run --env=GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark org.gnome.Evolution or flatpak-override to make it permanent.

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I am on Fedora Linux 37 (Thirty Seven) x86_64, Cinnamon 5.6.7.
‘switches the scheme on demand’, I do not know how to do this, I have Flatseal installed, I’m going to see if I can give it permision to use the cinnamon themes.

Thank you

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Since GNOME 42 you can set the dark theme in the settings under “Appearance” (see “Dark Style Preference” in the release notes). Flatpak applications follow this setting & automatically change if it’s switched (as seen in the video).

But I can’t say if & how this works on Cinnamon.

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Nah, Cinnamon themes work different, but I set the theme in Flatseal globally, now all my fatties are darkmode.

Your advice did work, thru a hoop.
Thanks

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The fastest and easiest option that I know of to resolve this challenge using this Flatseal

Steps to set a default theme for Flatpak applications: Navigate to All Applications horizontal tab —> Filesystem group —> Other files subgroup; Add the appropriate variable(s). Redo the same for Environment group. In the future, most future Flatpak applications you open will use the new theme.

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Detailed steps, additional information, and attributions at GTK4 apps do not use adwaita dark