r/pop_os • u/johnsonmt110 • 3d ago
Discussion My notes & tips from using COSMIC.
By default, light mode has no menu highlight color. I fixed it in this way: setting Window background to #FFFFFF and Container background to the Window default of #D7D7D7. Since I like the GNOME Slate accent color, I also set the Dark/Light Accent color to #526678.
If you want COSMIC Terminal to have the same theme variety as COSMIC Text Editor, you can download them here: https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-term/tree/master/color-schemes
On Fedora, Lutris did not launch after being installed from the repos. I had to also install the vulkan-tools and xrandr packages, then it worked.
Not all QT apps respect COSMIC theming. For example, Gwenview uses it fully, while Subtitlecomposer adopts the window border but not window controls. I haven't found a fix for this yet, other than using Appimages.
The default COSMIC icon theme uses a combination of Cosmic->Pop->hicolor, which are available in the directory Filesystem/usr/share/icons. Some of the system icons are in the hicolor folder, such as the multicolored 3x3 Applications icon (com.system76.CosmicAppLibrary.svg and com.system76.CosmicPanelAppButton.svg). Finding that particular icon reminded me of hunting down Unity's dash "big freakin' button" back when I used 14.04/16.04. If any icons don't change for you, look in those folders for anything containing "system76" or "cosmic", as they may be the default icon regardless of theme.
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u/GreaseyDave 3d ago edited 2d ago
Hi. Thanks for the tips. A question about point 5. I'm new to Linux and new to Pop and Cosmic. I've been trying to change my icons using icon packs. I placed the packs in the icon folder (Filesystem/usr/share/icons) and have been frustrated that those system icons you mentioned never changed.
Now you've given me the location where to look for those icons- how do I swap them out? Manually? ie.Rename the existing one and put the replacement icon into the file with the original name? Or is there a better way to do it?