Marble shell theme

Shell theme for GNOME DE. Based on https://www.pling.com/p/1939902/.

🏞 Screenshots

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Icon theme: https://github.com/vinceliuice/Colloid-icon-theme

Overview [Blur My Shell / Light / Dark] (Neon Gas Station - AI Generated)

Panel

Quick settings (Fresh green leaves with fragile veins / Close-Up Photo of Wrinkled Parchment Paper)

Modal dialog (Wide Angle Photography of Mountain)

Calendar & notifications

Dash (Dash To Dock)

• Position and size:
  • Icon size: 42px.
• Appearance:
  • Shrink the dash.
  • Default opacity.

🚧 Requirements

• GNOME 42-50. Correct functionality on other versions is not guaranteed.
• User Themes extension.
• Python 3.10 or higher.

💡 Installation

1. Open the terminal.
2. Clone the git repository and change the directory:

   git clone https://github.com/imarkoff/Marble-shell-theme.git
   cd Marble-shell-theme
   

3. Run the program (install all accent colors, light and dark mode):

   python install.py -a
   

   • more vibrant color in active buttons:

     python install.py -a --filled
     

4. After successful file creation open Extensions app, go to User Themes - ··· - Settings.
5. Select the shell theme you want.

Want to install a custom color, group buttons in the panel, use launchpad icon or some other tweaks? See the installation tweaks section for more information.

If you want to remove the theme, see the uninstallation section.

🖥️ GDM theme

Image: Network Abstract.

Config: sudo python install.py --gdm --blue --filled --gdm-image /path/to/image.jpg --gdm-blur=40 --gdm-darken=30

🚧 Additional requirements

• glib2-devel (libglib2.0-dev on Debian-based distros).
• imagemagick (if you want to apply filters to the background image).

1. Open the terminal.
2. Go to the directory with the theme.
3. Run the program with the --gdm option

   sudo python install.py --gdm (--your color) (--is filled)
   

   • Example:

     sudo python install.py --gdm --blue --filled
     

     sudo python install.py --gdm --gray --gdm-image /path/to/image.jpg --gdm-blur=40 --gdm-darken=30
     

4. After successful file restart GDM service:

   sudo systemctl restart gdm
   

• 🗑️ If you want to remove the theme or theme is broken, run the program with the --remove option:

  sudo python install.py --gdm -r
  

• ☠️ If you got a death screen, you can switch to the console with the Ctrl + Alt + F3 key combination, log in, go to the Marble-shell-theme directory and run the command above. If it doesn't help, try reinstalling gnome-shell package.

🏮 Installation tweaks

Install default color

Option	Description
-a, --all	Install all available colors
--red	red theme only
--yellow	yellow theme only
--green	green theme only
--blue	blue theme only
--purple	purple theme only
--gray	gray theme only

Install custom color

Option	Secondary option	Description
--hue	(0 - 360)	Generate theme from Hue prompt [0 - 360]
--name	NAME	Custom theme name

Theme colors

Option	Description
--filled	Make accent color more vibrant
-O, --opaque	Make background color opaque (by default is translucent)

Optional theme tweaks

Option	Secondary option	Description
--mode	light / dark	light / dark theme only
--sat	(0 - 250)	custom color saturation (<100% - reduce, >100% - increase)

GDM tweaks

Option	Secondary option	Description
--gdm-image	/absolute/path/to/image/	set background image to GDM
--gdm-blur	0+	apply blur to image (px)
--gdm-darken	0 - 100	darken image (%)
--gdm-lighten	0 - 100	lighten image (%)

Panel tweaks

Panel default size

Panel without button background

Grouped buttons in the panel

Floating panel

Always dark panel (ignores theme's dark/light mode)

Option	Secondary option	Description
--panel-default-size		set default panel size
--panel-no-pill		remove panel button background
--panel-text-color	#abcdef	custom panel HEX(A) text color
--panel-dark, --dark-panel		apply dark theme to the panel
--wider-panel		make the panel a bit wider
--panel-grouped-buttons		group buttons in the panel
--floating-panel		make the panel floating (transparent panel background)

Overview tweaks

Launchpad icon

Command	Description
--launchpad	Change Show Apps icon to macOS Launchpad icon

Examples

Command	Description
-a	Install all accent colors with light & dark mode
--all --mode dark	Install all accent colors with dark mode only
--purple --mode=light	Install purple accent color with light mode only
--hue 150 --name coldgreen	Install custom coldgreen accent color, light & dark mode
--red --green --sat=70	red, green accent colors, 70% of the stock saturation
--hue=200 --name=grayblue --sat=50 --mode=dark	custom grayblue accent color, 50% of the stock saturation, dark mode
--gdm --blue --gdm-image /path/to/image.jpg --gdm-blur=40	Install GDM theming in blue color with own GDM background image and blur

🗑️ Uninstallation / Reinstallation

• To remove the theme, run the program with the --remove option:

  python install.py -ra
  

• To reinstall the theme, run the program with the --reinstall option:

  python install.py -ri -a  # (other installation options)
  

The program allows you to specify the color of the theme and the mode to remove. For example, to remove purple and green themes in light mode, use the command:

python install.py -r --purple --green --mode light

Also, you can use the command above to reinstall purple and green themes in light mode with the --reinstall option.

python install.py -ri --purple --green --mode light

Options

Option	Description
-r, --remove	Remove the theme
-ri, --reinstall	Reinstall the theme