Immersive Dark Mode (for GNOME only)

Changes gtk, icon and cursor theme when dark mode is enabled/disabled.

Install

System-wide

1. Copy immersive-dark-mode to /usr/bin/
2. Copy immersive-dark-mode.desktop to /etc/xdg/autostart/

For Single User

1. Copy immersive-dark-mode to $HOME/.local/usr/bin/
2. Copy immersive-dark-mode.desktop to $HOME/.config/autostart/

Run/Execute

After installation, the tool will run automotically on the next boot. To run it without having to reboot, just open a terminal and run the command immersive-dark-mode & disown.

Customize

The default behavior is to use 'Adwaita' and 'Adwaita-dark' for GTK3 and keep icon and cursor themes untouched. To change this behavior, edit immersive-dark-mode file to your liking. It is very easy to do and specific instructions are given below.

Change GTK3/Legacy Application Themes

Edit immersive-dark-mode file and simply replace 'Adwaita' and 'Adwaita-dark' with names of whatever themes you like.

Change Icon & Cursor Themes

Edit immersive-dark-mode file, uncomment the relevant lines and simply replace default values with names of whatever themes you like.

Example

For example, to change cursor theme to 'Breeze' (dark) and 'Breeze_Snow' (light), edit immersive-dark-mode file as follows

 def re_set_theme(*args):
     if settings['color-scheme'] != 'prefer-dark':
-        #settings['cursor-theme'] = 'Adwaita'
+        settings['cursor-theme'] = 'Breeze_Snow'
         #settings['icon-theme'] = 'Adwaita'
         settings['gtk-theme'] = 'Adwaita'       # GTK3 Theme
         #gtk_css.unlink(missing_ok=True)        # GTK4 Theme Support
         #gtk_css.symlink_to(light_css)          # GTK4 Theme Support

     else:
-        #settings['cursor-theme'] = 'Adwaita'
+        settings['cursor-theme'] = 'Breeze'
         #settings['icon-theme'] = 'Adwaita'
         settings['gtk-theme'] = 'Adwaita-dark'  # GTK3 Theme
         #gtk_css.unlink(missing_ok=True)        # GTK4 Theme Support
         #gtk_css.symlink_to(dark_css)           # GTK4 Theme Support