Edit for the theme Ambiance (for example):
- /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
- /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
- /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
- #000000 – tooltip_bg_color
- #f5f5b5 – tooltip_fg_color
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#/usr/bin/env bash | |
set -e -u | |
# Tooltip fix | |
# A script to fix themes files in Ubuntu 11.10 | |
# to have readable tooltips in applications such | |
# as eclipse. | |
# The script edits the gtk.css, settings.ini and gtkrc files | |
# Author: Victor Pillac | |
# http://victorpillac.wordpress.com | |
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then | |
echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
path=/usr/share/themes | |
theme=Ambiance | |
if [ $# = 1 ]; then | |
theme=$1 | |
fi | |
echo "Fixing tooltips for theme $theme" | |
echo " (you can select a different theme by passing its name as argument)" | |
sed -i 's/tooltip_bg_color #000000/tooltip_bg_color #f5f5b5/g' $path/$theme/gtk-3.0/gtk.css | |
sed -i 's/tooltip_fg_color #ffffff/tooltip_fg_color #000000/g' $path/$theme/gtk-3.0/gtk.css | |
sed -i 's/tooltip_bg_color:#000000/tooltip_bg_color:#f5f5b5/g' $path/$theme/gtk-3.0/settings.ini | |
sed -i 's/tooltip_fg_color:#ffffff/tooltip_fg_color:#000000/g' $path/$theme/gtk-3.0/settings.ini | |
sed -i 's/tooltip_bg_color:#000000/tooltip_bg_color:#f5f5b5/g' $path/$theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc | |
sed -i 's/tooltip_fg_color:#ffffff/tooltip_fg_color:#000000/g' $path/$theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc | |
echo "Done" |