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NOTE: I have a genetic eye disease causing me to go blind. I have had issues working and doing daily tasks because every time I open Files in Budgie I see an overwhelmingly bright application open which causes my eyes serious problems.

The fix is easy.

Open dconf-editor.

Open: org / gnome / desktop / interface / color-scheme

Change the default from 'default' to 'prefer-dark'.

Voila, fixed.

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4 months later

SOLUSfiddler How do you "open" dconfig-editor?

Install Dconf Editor (a Gnome GUI app) from the Software Center. After installation, it should show up in the menu.

      SOLUSfiddler I tried this but it's the same as budgie desktop settings and the same (all cousins) as gnome-control settings. Just a little more customized. Seems these programs exist to have the final say and cancel out each other. None of them fixed my nautilus font problems.
      I am very wary of 'too many chiefs' here so I try to use just one (budgie desktop settings.)
      2 cents here

          brent Budgie Desktop Settings (or Budgie Control Center) doesn't have the "Default/Dark" theme preference toggle though. The only reason to use gnome-control-center or dconf-editor is to get to that setting. Hopefully in the future we'll have it in Budgie Control Center too.

              Staudey perfect time to ask then cause I always wondered, and it's probably relevant:

              in budgie desktop settings what is the 'use built in dark theme' tab?
              if it's enabled what does it do? just display the default OOTB theme? why would it need to be disabled?

              (I've toggled it wherever over the years and not noticed anything but wasn't looking either)
              thanks

                  brent Those are two options "Built-in theme" and "Dark Theme". The first causes the panel and menu to be styled in Budgie's own theme (shipped with the package, hence "built-in") instead of whatever Widgets theme you choose. This built-in theme has recently been improved a lot by serebit.

                  The "Dark Theme" option causes some elements of Budgie like the menu, Budgie Desktop Settings itself and some apps (?) to be styled dark even though you have selected a light Widgets theme. You can try it with e.g. Materia or Arc (using the standard, non-Dark variant).

                      Staudey always wondered the 'exacts' of those two options. this is great to know. thank you much

                        7 days later

                        I am glad that this proved helpful to people.

                        brent SOLUSfiddler I tried this but it's the same as budgie desktop settings and the same (all cousins) as gnome-control settings. Just a little more customized. Seems these programs exist to have the final say and cancel out each other. None of them fixed my nautilus font problems.
                        I am very wary of 'too many chiefs' here so I try to use just one (budgie desktop settings.)

                        In reference to this comment: When I first encountered this problem I tried every single Gnome/Budgies related settings change to fix it. Nothing, absolutely nothing, worked FOR ME.

                        The dconf-editor fix worked instantly FOR ME. It required me to have a dark theme enabled. I haven't been active for some time @brent and I don't know exactly what has happened recently but if you (or anyone) need help on this issue I would be happy to assist if possible.

                        @Staudey thank you for the work you've done to address these issues (per the top pinned message). Since this issue affects Nautilus & GTK based systems I would like to share some fixes that would allow Dolphin (installed from flatpak) to work.

                        If users would like to use Dolphin until the issues with Nautilus in Gnome/Budgie are fixed I advise them to use the flatpak version. There are existing issues with theming that affect flatpak installations of most software.

                        I've used this blog post from ItsFoss to solve this problem multiple times and it has always worked.

                        To sum the blog post up succinctly using Matcha-dark-sea (sudo eopkg it matcha-dark-sea) as an example:

                        1. ls /usr/share/themes - Matcha-dark-sea will be listed if installed
                        2. mkdir ~/.themes - This is a hidden directory in the home folder. May exist already
                        3. cp /usr/share/themes/Matcha-dark-sea ~/.themes
                        4. sudo flatpak override --filesystem=$HOME/.themes - give ALL flatpak packages permission to access ~/.themes
                        5. sudo flatpak override --env=GTK_THEME=Matcha-dark-sea - give ALL flatpak applications Matcha-dark-sea theme

                        This will fix any theming issues on Dolphin AND ANY OTHER FLATPAK APP INSTALLED. Until the recent issues with GTK/Budgie/Gnome apps and theming are resolved this provides a solution so users can install apps from Flatpak that follow correct theming directives.

                        Hope this helps.

                            jrsilvey I don't know exactly what has happened recently

                            you saw the meme in the other thread. that's what happened🙂.

                            Great resolution--I've never tried flatpak theming. always scared me for some reason (conflicts etc). but once you make a dark move in dconf, you can still undo it in gnome-control or budgie-control, right?

                                brent I've never tried flatpak theming ...

                                I didn't know that Flatpak theming even existed. I've been hoping for a modular Linux OS for a long time. By modular, I mean that of the four layers (kernel, OS, DE, app), the OS layer would be minimal and the DE layer and app layer would consist of independent plug-ins along the lines of Flatpaks, each independent, self-contained and self-sufficient. I don't expect to see that happen, but it seems to me that a modular architecture would solve a lot of problems.

                                    tomscharbach I meant that loosely with "flatpak theming" resembling a coaching or coordinating role regarding theming, not really actual theming. at least that was my takeaway with the stickied discussion workaround to this, as well as this. I was unclear for sure

                                    tomscharbach I mean that of the four layers (kernel, OS, DE, app), the OS layer would be minimal and the DE layer and app layer would consist of independent plug-ins along the lines of Flatpaks, each independent, self-contained and self-sufficient

                                    If there was an emoji of a blown mind then put it here🙂. Far out, Tom.

                                        jrsilvey
                                        Hi,
                                        thank you very much for giving us this solution!
                                        It worked perfectly even though I don't like Dolphin's design as much but at least I can use my favourite theme Plata-Compact again!
                                        Hooray!!

                                          As much as I like Dolphin and its capabilities to stick to the OS's theming there is still one problem I need help with:

                                          In Dolphin most allocations of file formats and their respectable apps aren't there (as they are in Nautilus). They are set within Solus (Budgie in my case) but not within the file manager.
                                          When right-clicking a file to pick the desired app I want to open the file with I have to enter the linux-typical path to the place on my computer where all the applications are stored.
                                          Could you help me with how that's done within Dolphin?
                                          Something like the Nautilus-typical right-click and a graphical list of selectable apps pops up doesn't exist in Dolphin.

                                            Axios
                                            Yes, I'm using the Flatpak version of Dolphin as described by @jrsilvey in this thread. It probably means that it doesn't know any of the allocations because I didn't install anything else but the bare file manager (not that I know of anyway).
                                            Feels like a uncomplete installation...

                                                SOLUSfiddler I think your prob right something with flatpak.
                                                I dunno if you installed flatseal and look at the settings for dolphin you could change access
                                                (Dunno just throwing that out there)

                                                  When I click on a file's properties Dolphin shows a wrong app to open it with.
                                                  I can then click on "Change..." (or whatever it is in English, I'm using the German UI) and I get:
                                                  "Could not find the "keditfiletype5" executable in PATH."

                                                  Does that get us anywhere towards a solution?