Ugly zotero 6.0.9 on Kubuntu

AlanKsd · August 12, 2022

Having troubles with a former version (5.ish) and unable to find how to update the app, I opted for a good remove-install solution.
Which turned out to solve my problem, yet bringing new ones at the same time.
The new version doesn't adapt to my palsma dark theme, it stays light with thick ugly grey scrollbars.
It wouldn't bother me if the previous version didn't look so good.
Thank you for the support

dstillman · August 12, 2022

Can you take some screenshots, upload them somewhere (e.g., Dropbox or Google Drive), and provide a link here?

AlanKsd · August 12, 2022

Sure, here they are, however I can't show you how it used to look.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TS5CwVrDA_zw1-t-tjhWJJl-9Ml9TB_Q/view?usp=sharing

dstillman · August 12, 2022

Oh, so it's just not using the dark theme at all (other than the scrollbars, maybe)?

We've had reports of a few small parts of the new Zotero 6 tab bar not properly picking up a dark theme, but I don't think we've seen this. I'm afraid we don't officially support a dark theme on any platform, so not much I can tell you. A proper dark theme is planned but is still a ways off.

AlanKsd · August 12, 2022

I can't wait for it to be released!
It's kind of weird that plasma found a way to darken the package I was previously using though...

adamsmith · August 12, 2022

FWIW, there is Night for Zotero, a 3rd part add-on that implements a dark theme in Zotero. Worth a try, perhaps.
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/96719/new-plugin-night-for-zotero#latest

AlanKsd · August 12, 2022

Not quite that yet...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l3lSw8YTsm5wGhVuqnmJLPUkGKcnaN1y/view?usp=sharing
I'll wait the proper dark theme, thanks for your help

dstillman · August 12, 2022

Something weird is happening for you, because zotero-night manually changes the whole UI. So somehow even that is not getting applied or is getting overwritten for you.