{"id":9941,"date":"2020-04-06T13:15:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T13:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9941"},"modified":"2020-04-06T13:15:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T13:15:37","slug":"dark-gnome-shell-menus-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/04\/dark-gnome-shell-menus-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Dark Gnome Shell Menus, Calendar in Ubuntu 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 20.04 introduces new dark mode in the Settings utility. It is however <b>not full dark<\/b> when you turn it on in Gnome Shell.<\/p>\n<p><b>System tray menu, top-bar calendar, notification popups, and desktop context menu are not dark but always light<\/b> when you switching between light, dark, and standard modes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/gnome-dark-menu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"545\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/gnome-dark-menu.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/gnome-dark-menu-450x409.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Enable Full Dark Theme in Ubuntu 20.04:<\/h4>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> First install <b>user themes<\/b> Gnome Shell extension.<\/p>\n<p>It was able to install the extension simply via <i>Ubuntu Software<\/i> when I was in Ubuntu 18.04.  Ubuntu 20.04 however shows me &#8220;No Application Found&#8221; when I searching for <code>user themes<\/code> in the new <i>Ubuntu Software<\/i> (Snap Store).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As a workaround, open Firefox web browser and go to <a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.gnome.org\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/extensions.gnome.org<\/a>:\n<p>Click the link text &#8220;click here to install browser extension&#8221; and follow the pop-ups to install the browser extension:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/install-gnome-shell-browser-extension1-600x286.jpg\" alt=\"shell browser extension\" width=\"600\" height=\"286\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/install-gnome-shell-browser-extension1-600x286.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/install-gnome-shell-browser-extension1-450x215.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/install-gnome-shell-browser-extension1-768x366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/install-gnome-shell-browser-extension1.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Then open terminal via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> and run command:\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chrome-gshell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"139\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chrome-gshell.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chrome-gshell-450x104.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Finally go to <a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.gnome.org\/extension\/19\/user-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/extensions.gnome.org\/extension\/19\/user-themes\/<\/a>.\n<p>Turn the switch on and then select install the Gnome Shell extension: <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/install-user-themes-600x303.jpg\" alt=\"User Themes extension\" width=\"600\" height=\"303\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/install-user-themes-600x303.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/install-user-themes-450x227.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/install-user-themes-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/install-user-themes.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Install <b>Gnome Tweaks<\/b> if you have it.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install gnome-tweaks<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/apt-gtweaks-600x121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"121\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/apt-gtweaks-600x121.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/apt-gtweaks-450x91.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/apt-gtweaks.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.)<\/b> Finally launch Gnome Tweaks and navigate to <b>Appearance<\/b> in the left pane, choose <b>Yaru-dark<\/b> as the Shell theme and done!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yaru-dark.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"310\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yaru-dark.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yaru-dark-450x233.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And of course select <b>Dark<\/b> in <i>System Settings -> Appearance<\/i> to get dark applications if you don&#8217;t have it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu 20.04 introduces new dark mode in the Settings utility. It is however not full dark when you turn it on in Gnome Shell. System tray menu, top-bar calendar, notification popups, and desktop context menu are not dark but always light when you switching between light, dark, and standard modes. 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