Bug 161009

Summary: Appearance mode in the options has no effect, as LO always follows system theme on Linux GNOME 46
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Archer Allstars <archerallstars>
Component: UIAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: archerallstars, stephane.guillou
Priority: medium    
Version: 24.2.3.2 release   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Description Archer Allstars 2024-05-09 14:08:59 UTC 
Description:
The user can't manually set the appearance mode in the options. LO always follows the system theme, which means there's no difference between System, Light, and Dark modes.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the options (Alt+F12).
2. Go to LibreOffice > View > Appearance > Mode. 
3. Try choosing Light or Dark mode, LO won't change its theme accordingly.

Actual Results:
The theme doesn't change according to the set appearance mode.

Expected Results:
The theme changes according to the set appearance mode.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
The only way I can force LO to use either Light or Dark mode regardless of the system theme is to use the environment variable. For example, in the Flatpak version, I put GTK_THEME=Adwaita as an environment variable using Flatseal.

Version: 24.2.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 433d9c2ded56988e8a90e6b2e771ee4e6a5ab2ba
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Flatpak
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2024-05-09 14:30:25 UTC 
Thank you for the report. I believe this is the same issue as in bug 153841, marking as a duplicate.
Please let us know if you think it's a different issue (i.e. also reproduced when GNOME uses light mode)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 153841 ***